Asset Prism Wealth & FIRE Blog

Forget generic advice. This guide breaks down realistic passive income ideas for software engineers in 2025—from Micro-SaaS and marketplace plugins to digital assets and simple, boring investing that compounds your salary into long-term wealth.

Is the 50/30/20 rule still realistic in 2025 when rent alone can swallow half your paycheck? For years, 50/30/20 has been the vanilla ice cream of personal finance: 50% of your after-tax income for ...

You’ve probably heard the whisper at the water cooler or seen the headlines flashing across your feed: people in their 30s and 40s quitting their corporate jobs to travel the world, start hobby farms,...

You’ve probably searched “passive income ideas” after a long day at work, stared at some crazy YouTube titles, and thought: “Okay but… I have meetings, student loans, maybe kids.

The old idea of retirement—work full-time until 65, then stop completely—belongs to another era. It faded somewhere between the Great Recession, the 2020s inflation shock, and a generation realizing t...