There are people on HN working for the big tech companies who are being granted that $15k worth of stock every month. ($180k/year) At the more senior levels and

There are people on HN working for the big tech companies who are being granted that $15k worth of stock every month. ($180k/year) At the more senior levels and/or with some stock appreciation, it's not unheard-of for >50% of compensation to be in the form of RSUs. Obviously they should sell-on-vest and diversify into index funds, but a lot of them choose to buy and hold some individual stocks that they're bullish on as well.