> Once you have saved that amount of money your only going to be a 'few' more years from hitting some version of FIRE. > You've grown accustomed to a certain l

> Once you have saved that amount of money your only going to be a 'few' more years from hitting some version of FIRE. > You've grown accustomed to a certain lifestyle and friend group that will be hard to walk away from. > You've lost skills having worked with some internal tech stack your entire career and don't know how to do anything. > Skills you learn at your FAANG equivalent job don't transfer over to entrepreneurship its just a different domain. > You've never actually 'worked hard' and it's just going to seem plain silly to quit your 250k+ job to work all the time when the chances of success are low. Can confirm all of the above (except lifestyle inflation, I watch that carefully). At this point, it really does make more sense to grind for a few more years, go have a nice FIRE and then maybe work on something on your own just for fun. So, essentially, golden handcuffs all the way.