I'm that multi-millionaire app developer who explained what it's like being rich. AMA.

I never heard about this subreddit until someone from here PMed me an hour ago and asked if I could do an AMA here. So bear with me if some of what I say doesn't make sense to you or jive with your way of life. Okay, let's do this. AMA.

Edit: For more background of who I am:

Hi, I'm Allen Wong. I was told to create an AMA here after I posted that comment that became the top post of r/bestof

How I went from "rags to rich": I develop apps. My most popular app is called "5-0 Radio Police Scanner", which lets you listen to police radio chatter from around the world. As of 2012, my apps have been downloaded by over 20 million people. Since then, it's been downloaded by millions more (I lost count, sorry).

My parents: My parents were raised in the slums of China. They fled here and raised my brother and me in New York City. My mother worked in a sweatshop in Chinatown before she quit to become a homemaker in her 30s. My father was a herbalist before he passed away unnaturally 3 months after I graduated from college. After his passing, no one in the family had a job (he passed away at the beginning of the 2008 recession).

How I got started: A few months passed and I found a full-time job at Columbia University. Since I was the only one in the family with an income, I self-taught myself how to create apps during my free time. I then created apps on the weekends and weeknights in hopes of making some side income. I didn't expect this hobby to end up making me millions. My father's sudden passing caused my mother to become mentally ill (though, she has mental problems before then as well). As she suffered from paranoid psychosis for five years straight, I took care of her. She finally got better recently.

What I do now: During my free time, I code apps, do photography, write books, do volunteer work, give free advice to young entrepreneurs, help less fortunate people, travel the world, and enjoy my short time here on Earth.