I currently have a job with great pay that lets me work remotely. The owners were going to sell in 4 years, which gave me time to FI, but now are wanting to retire earlier so they're looking to sell asap at a good price.
If they haven't sold within a year, I plan to return and help them with operations to push the business forward a few more years. Assuming they sell, I plan to do programming. I have 2 years of school left for a Software Engineering BS and a 3.8/9 gpa with lower division CS finished.
*Does anybody have any wisdom or experience obtaining a software engineering job?
From everything I've researched the main options are online courses, bootcamps, apprenticeships, building a GitHub portfolio then going for Junior Developer anywhere to get experience, and going back to school for 2 years while interning to finish a Software Engineering degree.
The last seems most likely to work but also take the most time, especially with such a short planned career. Maybe I'll love the job and decide to stay longer for some safety cushion/luxury spending.
*Also, does anybody know of any good resources on properly pricing a private business to sell? I want to make sure they get a good price. It seems 3-5 times owner earnings & profit including payroll taxes for them is the range to sell but so found no forums to ask in. I've read the Intelligent Investor, business valuation page on Wikipedia and lots on investing but private businesses are a different game than publicly traded ones.
Thank you. All attempts at constructive ideas are greatly appreciated.