CNBC has published a report on a success story narrated by Taylor Lock, whose twenty-year-old hero, Aaron Brooke, joined the work as a remote technology engineer in the "Tulsa Remote" program.

The program aims to recruit and attract remote workers to the city of Tulsa, as it gives a grant of $ 10,000 distributed over one year, during which the participants commit to living and working within the city limits. Brooke was able to save $11,000 per month from his investment in this program, and he plans to retire At the age of 30.

The story begins At the end of 2020, Brooke left his home and family in New Jersey and moved to Oklahoma.

Brock and a friend had applied to the "Tulsa Remote" program, which pays participants to move to the city named after them, at their request.

Brooke worked as a remote technical engineer for pre-sales operations, and was earning $200,000 per year (equivalent to $16,000 per month).

A representative of the program told CNBC Make It that the program focuses on community building and aims to help participants integrate into the local fabric and "create a strong rapprochement between people and strengthen relationships between them."

In addition to the money and the low cost of living, the community aspect was a major draw for Brock, who was eager to get involved. "The program is developing the community and they are doing a really good job," he says.

Before moving, Brooke lived with his parents.

It was hard for him to let go, but he says, "There comes a time when you're talking to yourself to say hey, it's time to go try it out myself and be a full grown man."

Find his passion

Brooke, the youngest of 4 siblings, was home educated and spent a great deal of time with his parents who allowed him to freely explore his interests and find his passion.

He started learning programming when he was about six, and quickly became addicted to it.

By the age of 14, Brooke was getting paid working on Minecraft when his friends offered him temporary jobs, and at the age of 16, he had landed a long-term job with a server company at $1,500 a month for 8 months. Almost, which enabled him to pay for his first two cars.

When Brock was 18, his teacher - whom he met at a robotics club as a child - offered him a job as a software development engineer, and the young man decided to accept it instead of going to college.

Although he enjoyed the job, Brooke learned some tough lessons early on.

First, he was underpaid in his first job as an engineer, he says. “I was making $15 an hour. I missed a lot of money by not negotiating that salary and had no idea what the salary was supposed to be."

Now Brooke is 4 years into his career, earning about $200,000 a year as a pre-sales technical engineer.

This includes his base salary of $170,000 and a bonus of 20% in commissions.

While his current company initially offered him $150,000, Brooke negotiated what he now earns.

Brooke is so comfortable living in Oklahoma on this salary, even without the Tulsa Remote Scholarship that he can save most of what he earns.

“I am young, and I make a lot of money, and I admit that the money I make now is more valuable than the money I make later, and if I can live minimally now and save that money, it will be accumulating interest, whereas if I lived lavishly,” he says. Now and then living humbly in the future I wouldn't have that extra benefit."

"I have the mentality of financial independence and early retirement," Brooke concludes.

He intends to retire early and plans to save enough to do so in his 30s.