Welcome to Tech You Should Know with Kim Commando. I'm Mike James. It's the big 4th July weekend and Independence Day.

So we've put together some recent calls from inspiring folks who have struck out on their own to achieve their own financial independence.

One guy actually went from, well, spending time in jail to cleaning up his act and

now makes over $600,000 a year. Another guy who would you believe he was a mechanic who specialized

in DeLorean cars and went on to buy the company after they went bankrupt and he's a matter of fact, he's going to be trying to manufacture new Delorean cars.

We're going to talk to him, the baker, who with the outbreak of COVID-19, transformed his bakery

into a thriving online business.

You're going to love his story.

So get ready to be inspired. Those and much more stories

coming up on tech you should know with Kim Commando today. And a quick reminder here, this is not

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All right.

We're going to get started with a guy that was one time in jail and now making 600K a year as a hacker.

Coming up on tech, you should know, with Kim Commander.

When someone says the word hacker, what comes to mind?

Someone hunched over a keyboard, right?

Wearing a hoodie trying to break into a corporation's network or some secret government system.

And joining us is a real honest-to-goodness hacker. He was only 19 when he was first arrested back in 2002.

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