the plan

Or how I'm going to make $121,000 in 14 months at 19 y/o.

I'll be streaming as much of this as possible (and potentially making videos on it).

What?

See above. That's the TLDR, I'll explain everything in the rest of this doc.

Why

A MK5 Supra has been my dream car since I was 15. For what it's worth, it's really the only thing I want that money can buy. Past a house, food, and a computer, I don't need or want much else.

Three big questions still remain; why the Supra specifically, why $121k, and most importantly, how the fuck am I going to magically acquire $121k in 14 months at the ripe age of 19?

The car

If you're not interested in cars, this will bore you. Skip ahead!

Why a Supra? There are a few metrics that I judge cars by:

• Price to enjoyment ratio: A Koenigsegg Jesko would be amazing, but 1) I have no idea how I would even begin to acquire millions of dollars and 2) even if I had millions of dollars at my disposal, I wouldn't be super interested in buying one. I'd be paying millions of dollars for a tiny bit more enjoyment. (This is an extreme example, but maybe it gets my point across).
• Power: I don't need (nor do I want) more than ~400-500 HP. That's for the sake of fun, and also for my own safety. I'd absolutely get myself killed if I had 850 HP at my disposal.
• Looks: I hate to be that guy, but a BMW M Series looks like a sedan, and a Supra doesn't.
• Brand: I don't want a shitty American car.

There are many other reasons of course, but this hopefully gives you a bit of context.

Also, I got a ride in one exactly a week ago, and realized how much I wanted one. My initial plan for this car was to save up and wait until I was 25, but simply put, fuck that.

Heads up

I'll give you a warning; in the area that I grew up in, talking about dollar figures (salary, price of car, price of house, etc.) was a little bit taboo. This means that I'm not absolutely sure if talking about exact dollar figures in public like this is a great idea.

However, I've recently been trying to adopt YCombinator's mindset of failing fast instead of over analyzing. I'd rather do something I'm not certain is appropriate or normal as fast as I can rather than spend weeks trying to figure out if it's the right move.

Why $121k?

After a little bit of research, this is the number I came up with. This is essentially the total pretax profit I would need to comfortably afford a MK5 and (as I'll explicitly mention later) keep paying for it. Here's an overestimated breakdown:

• Car: ~$60k (depends on market, could be $10k less or $10k more)
• Insurance: $5k/year
• Gas: $5k/year
• Tires: $5k/year
• Repairs/maintenance: $10k/year
• Tickets (let's just be honest here): $2k/year

... which totals to $87k. $87k is the estimated amount I would have after taxes on $121k.

Is this an overestimate? Probably? Do you agree with this estimate? Probably not. But it's the best I can go off of.

How

More importantly than why is the how. Again, I'm talking about specific numbers here, so... hopefully you aren't offended. I have a few different avenues of bringing in income.

• SWE internships/positions: Fingers crossed, I'll hopefully have one this summer that'll bring it, at minimum, $8k. In a perfect world, they'll give me a return offer for $80k+/year, and I can rake in about 70% of what I need from that.
• SaaS: I have two ideas for a SaaS, one small, and one large. I'll inevitably build both and see how the market responds. I'll provide a little bit more context on this in the future.
• Bootstrapped B2B: Now look, I know what you're going to say. "Oscar, there's no way this random idea is going to net you $121k in a little over a year". And you might be right. But it's worth a shot, and it's on my bucket list anyways.
• Investments/interest: Generic, but still true. Compound interest is a very real thing and potentially a little bit helpful - maybe not that much, but it's worth considering the effects.
• Equity: I'll keep this private for obvious reasons, but I have a bit of equity in a small company that could result in a not-small chunk of what I need. (You can probably piece together where this is from if you dig through my social media, but I'm not giving out exact numbers).
• Part time staff: TLDR, I work part time as the IT/scoring guy for a youth mountain bike racing league. I'll net ~$4k from that in the next 14 months.
• Side gigs: Likely not the primary source of revenue that I'll pursue, but pet sitting, Uber, Door Dash, etc. are all valid ways to potentially fund my ventures.
• YouTube/Twitch/Other social media: Bringing in a lot in this area would be extremely unlikely, but nevertheless it'd be wonderful if I could earn a good bit from posting on social media. (Sponsors, if you'd like to fund this, let me know.)

Rules

This is probably boring for you, but very important for me.

1. I can bring in income from any source. Part time job, SWE internships, SWE positions, equity, side gigs, drug mule, Uber, Door Dash, YouTube, Twitch, freelancing, and the list goes on. (Although I'm focusing on SWE for obvious reasons).
2. $121k is my total profit, not my total revenue. If I drop $20k on 10 Mac minis and 10 Claude subscriptions, I now need to bring in $141k.
3. I need to have a consistent income stream after the 14 months is over. This is for obvious reasons - having a car like this is a great idea, but I'm fucked in every possible way if I can't pay to maintain it in 2 years. It'll be embarrassing and painful, and I want to avoid that at all costs. I can pretty easily avoid this by simply building things that bring in revenue "passively" - AKA something like an equity payout shouldn't be the only way that I make money. I could also just, yknow, have a job.
4. No flunking school. (Thankfully, I only need a 3.50 GPA to not lose my, albeit small, scholarship). I would very much like to drop out of college, but I won't for two reasons. 1) We're pretty much at war with Iran (are we officially? Who knows.) and if we brought back the draft, there's a chance that I wouldn't be eligible for the draft if I was in college. And 2) a college degree is effectively insurance for the rest of my life. Unfortunately, we still live in a world where you need a college degree to get any decent job, and if everything goes sideways, I need that padding.
5. My health should still be prioritized. As much as I'd like to lock in for 100 hours a week, that's not healthy (trust me, I've done it before). I still need to go to the gym, get outside, and eat somewhat decently.
6. I absolutely must keep developing skills. Similar to a college degree, the skills (whatever these skills may be) that I develop over the next 1-5 years will somewhat determine where I end up in 10-15 years. I can't and shouldn't spend the next 14 months vibe-coding SaaSs, because that won't be benefiting my personal knowledge at all.
7. Most importantly, I still need to make time for people. Similar to #5, I can't lock myself in a room for 100 hours a week and grind. I have friends and loved ones that would like to see me & talk to me - plus I have a personal goal of making at least 1 new friend in the next year. I intend to dedicate at least half a day a week or 3 evenings a week to loved ones and at least half a day a week or 2 evenings a week to friends.
8. After I have the MK5, I have to start saving. I have no problem with going insane and blowing everything I earn on this car. It's very literally the only thing I want that money can buy. But once I have it, I have to start being smart with money. I'll put a substantial chunk of my income into a 401k/ROTH IRA, and the rest in personal investments and savings. I'm not a big spender either way.
9. I can't nuke my bank account. It's not like there's much there right now... but I can't and don't want to spend everything that is there on the MK5. Again, the $121k here should fund everything that's necessary for the MK5.

Nothing better to do now, is there?

I could choose to keep all of this private, and maybe I should. There's a problem with that though: it allows me to be complacent. If I tell the whole world that I'm going to make $121k in the next 14 months, I have to stop at nothing to achieve that. It would be incredibly embarrassing otherwise. In this scenario, there's nothing better to do than focus and achieve my goals.

This makes me extremely nervous, to be frank. Even with a somewhat solid plan, I have no idea how I'm going to cough up $121k. But I don't believe that anyone's every achieved something great by putting themselves in a comfortable position.

VCs and sponsors, if you'd like to throw money at me, please do.

Again, I'll be streaming this as much as possible. Do check that out, and enjoy.

oscar.gaske.cs@gmail.com, 2026-03-20