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Looks like lots of comments here are negative. I hope it doesn't deter you or get you down. It's tough to leave a high paying job to pursue something different

by fma 8y ago

Looks like lots of comments here are negative. I hope it doesn't deter you or get you down. It's tough to leave a high paying job to pursue something different and I wish you all the best. It's interesting timing to quit now. If you have 45 years to work, why not work a few more years to have a much longer runway? Safe withdrawal rate now is $40k...if you did 3 more years to and saved $2 mill, that's a double of your safe withdrawal rate to $80k. You're doing 40 hours a week on a good team... Also I saw you put your health insurance is $1.2k per month...Amazon's health insurance../sucks?

DVassallo 8y ago
> why not work a few more years to have a much longer runway? Because I didn't want to keep postponing. There will always be something that I could be waiting for. PS. Regarding health insurance. No $1.2K/month is from the ACA marketplace. I could have continued Amazon's through cobra for 1 year, but it was about $1.5K. When I was with Amazon, I think I only paid $300/month.