I was under the impression we were discussing the authors position (Very high salary + multimillions in the bank), not just >$1M after 12 years. But in any cas

I was under the impression we were discussing the authors position (Very high salary + multimillions in the bank), not just >$1M after 12 years. But in any case... > I'm sure you would agree it's doable It's literally not doable. https://www.investor.gov/financial-tools-calculators/calculators/compound-interest-calculator https://www.investor.gov/financial-tools-calculators/calcula... Plug in: - Initial Investment: $0 - Monthly Contribution: $4200 ($50400 annualized) - Length of Time in Years: 12 years - Estimated Interest Rate: 8% - Interest rate variance range: 0 - Compound Frequency: Monthly The output is $1,010,135.22 This is with a generous rate of return compounding monthly, very high savings rate and not taking income tax into account. > you can reasonably assume that landing a job at big tech will lead you to a 300k total comp Joining Big Tech is already an unreasonable assumption for the vast majority of developers: https://twitter.com/GergelyOrosz/status/1400506450124935171 https://twitter.com/GergelyOrosz/status/1400506450124935171. Someone's propensity to play the career game doesn't magically increase their capability to do so.