I think you have a somewhat distorted understanding of what FIRE means, or at least one that is different to my own understanding of the term. I think of FIRE

I think you have a somewhat distorted understanding of what FIRE means, or at least one that is different to my own understanding of the term. I think of FIRE as essentially trying to optimise lifestyle and work in order to quickly reach a point where you don't need to work by paying attention to your income and expenses. This doesn't necessarily imply extreme frugality, and I think the mindset should actually make you more likely to go into big tech or the like because increasing income has a bigger impact than decreasing expenditure on for most people. For sure there are people in the space who are trying to sell people on the idea that drinking coffee or not is the factor in when they will retire - but these people are fundamentally hucksters I think.