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Honest take, because I wish someone had told me this earlier.
Everything you will read about stripe will make it sound more complicated than it is. Here is what 9 years of working with work has actually taught me.
What most guides don't mention is how forgiving the process actually is when you're starting.
What actually moved the needle for me: I stopped trying to understand everything before starting, and just committed to building one real thing instead of more tutorials. After that, maxed out my IRA five years straight.
The one thing I would prioritise: do not compare your beginning to someone else's middle.
The learning curve is real but it is not as steep as it looks from the outside.
by yusufalkhatib