Listening to the Lonely Island and Seth Meyers podcast. Seth narrated an ad for npr and talked about their a lister participants on "wait wait don't tell me" and included Gwar.
That's the whole post- I like when npr and Gwar intersect, and an ad featuring that shout out is neat. Gwar brings credibility to public radio.
I haven't finished the game yet, so maybe I'm wrong, but if there was ever going to be a Firefly game, they need to use Outlaws as a template.
Score to theming, rag tag crew and outlaw feel -"I don't care, I'm still free, You can't take the sky from me."
TL/DR
Consider a State job working for whatever state you happen to live in. In whatever field you happen to work in. Take a minute to research what unique benefits against your skill set/field of work may be available.
I stumbled into a trade/skillset state job as an assistant manager/mid level position when I was in my early 20’s. I've since worked for “the state” in multiple states for almost 20 years. Using various organizations from my trade to see what jobs are available for advancement - I've been able to apply for promotions within my field and leverage that to move around the u.s. during my career. Some places even paid for my move. I'm not going to go into detail about my exact field and exact pay rate etc because each job is going to be different- and in some cases you can negotiate/ work from home.
Recent Benefits-
Retirement match of over 7% due to age, over 35.
Access to a unique deferred compensation accounts that functions like a 457b, or like a Roth with a 20k year contribution limit-which I had set to 3%. That's on top of the 403b.
I have access to a hsa with a $1500 minimum before investment, that also has a very small match from the job. As a single or married filer-that's 4k to 8k of contribution you can defer and let grow then reimburse. I wish I knew about triple tax advantage earlier in my career when I was healthier and going to the doctor less, because I could have done so much more.
There has consistently been a $25+k sponsored life insurance plan I don't need to contribute to as long as I'm holding my position.
When I was out of college I was always told to put in the minimum retirement matching, so I did starting, at I think- around 3%. I had no idea what the funds meant and invested based on general coworker suggestions or target date funds, before putting an actual educated plan in place.
Even with all the flaws and delayed learning curve on compound interest, index funds, HSA, and account types- I managed to sack away over 300k for retirement by the age of 38, and my % return has only improved as I've gone the boglehead index fund route and rolled over my previous accounts.
I'm now consistently beating the s&p return at a 23.5% contribution rate.