Jesse Cramer had two engineering degrees and a stable, well-paying career designing hardware for an aerospace company. Then one day, about six months into his first job out of college, he looked at his 401(k) statement and saw $11,000 sitting there. That single moment sparked an interest in investing and compound interest that eventually pulled him out of engineering altogether and into a career managing other people's money.
Jesse talks with Chris Hill about:

• Why he kept a full-time engineering career for years after that moment

• Starting a finance blog after colleagues kept asking him 401(k) questions at work

• What surprised him most about managing real money for clients versus just writing about it

• The hot tub purchase he still regrets and what it taught him