I did the big company route for a few years out of college and without even trying very hard, had something like an 80% savings rate. To be fair, this was a fe

I did the big company route for a few years out of college and without even trying very hard, had something like an 80% savings rate. To be fair, this was a few years ago, so rents were better, but I live in an excellent location in the heart of the city and even _doubling_ my rent would leave me with a super high savings rate. I knew people making half as much as me and spending twice as much, and I'm truly baffled as to how they managed to do so. Especially since I have a weakness for (among other things) good food and beer: even if I did it regularly, spending $30 on a good beer hardly makes a dent in the kind of numbers we're talking about.