I agree that the comment above was advocating some pretty excessive measures but 500k-5M is a fair bit more than most folks end up having when they get to retir

I agree that the comment above was advocating some pretty excessive measures but 500k-5M is a fair bit more than most folks end up having when they get to retirement. He's not going to be unemployable - he'll be unemployable in a few specific sectors of tech, he can absolutely go out and get a "normie" job if he's got marketable skills.