Decision guides

Worked, sourced examples for common life decisions: a new job, a master's or bootcamp, moving cities, buying or renting, going freelance, quitting, and where to retire. Each runs 1,000 simulated futures you can re-run with your own numbers.

Every guide shows its work: the example result, where each number comes from, and which assumptions have no source. Change any input and re-run.

Worked decisions

  • Should I take the new job?

    Stop agonising. Run 1,000 simulated futures on your job decision — salary, raises, layoff risk — and see which choice actually wins.

  • Master's, bootcamp, or stay?

    Model 10-year NPV across all three paths. Factor in tuition, salary uplift, opportunity cost, and career risk — then let 1,000 futures vote.

  • Should I move cities?

    Compare take-home pay, rent and moving costs across two cities (Leipzig → Munich as the worked example). See which wins more futures before you sign the lease.

  • Buy or rent?

    Model house price appreciation, mortgage cost, opportunity cost of deposit, and rental inflation. Which choice wins over your time horizon?

  • Go freelance or stay employed?

    Model day rates, client risk, holiday cost, pension gap, and income volatility. See whether independence is worth it — in expected value terms.

Free tools

  • Should I quit my job?

    Free, no-signup simulator: job-search length, target salary and savings runway, with the flip-points at which quitting still wins.

  • Where can I afford to retire?

    Free, no-signup: 16 countries ranked with cost of living and local taxes on portfolio withdrawals, for EU savers.

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