There are plenty of people on the way to financial independence who don't have that attitude. Who turn down job offers that pay more regularly for various reaso

There are plenty of people on the way to financial independence who don't have that attitude. Who turn down job offers that pay more regularly for various reasons. Not even just morally/ethical, because they actually care about what they are doing day in/day out, even if they could soon or even now just stop working. In fact, I wouldn't be surprised if there actually is a correlation between rise in compensation and not having that attitude, since passionate employees tend to have more impact. Just look at how many older, senior employees you find at established, larger companies where the stock has risen so much in the past that you just know they are in all likelihood millionaires (and not "just" single digit ones). And even in the (rather rare, I guess) cases that they mismanaged their finances so badly that they are not, those people are prominent and established enough that another company would take them for more comp in a heartbeat. And yet they stay. Your opinion is not universal. Don't pretend that it is in order to justify yourself.