unfortunately nooooot really,
it worked out okay for me because i just tend not to... buy things, very much, so the tech paychecks kind of piled up into a tiny hoard of (now dwindling) dragon gold, which has been stretched out because i still tend not to buy things very much. like health insurance. who needs that anyway
i didn't have a strong plan but i was surprised by how much support i got for the tech blogging. but then i stopped tech blogging and i'm still trying to get the whole video games thing going
i guess you don't have to go indie though. i can't really speak to specifics, but i've heard enough people mention over the years that there are tech jobs outside of the hype circle. lots of people need computer wizardry done at varying levels. smaller businesses and nonprofits and universities and hospitals need IT and websites and simple automation and whatnot; less glamorous fields like healthcare and finance need specific software that is mostly done by rinky-dink shops using a stack from ten years ago. i mean my first job was writing property tax software in perl, and it paid a decent salary. not six digits, but way more than enough for one person sharing a house
definitely stash whatever cash you can ahead of time though
idk this doesn't feel very helpful!! but good luck escaping