Interesting. Just finished running a conference in Australia, and was having a beer at the end of the day with one of the UK guys talking about how many of his

Interesting. Just finished running a conference in Australia, and was having a beer at the end of the day with one of the UK guys talking about how many of his team and network were making early to mid six figures GBP. I only lived in London for a couple of years, but also knew a few. Most were 45+ years old and "financially independent", although they wouldn't have thought about it in FIRE terms because their idea of independence was pursuing interesting careers choices rather than retiring early. (Which is largely my plan as well.)