I agree - this hate for the Boglehead philosophy is weird. Back in the 90s, I watched an interview with Jack Bogle. I then started regular automated index fund

I agree - this hate for the Boglehead philosophy is weird. Back in the 90s, I watched an interview with Jack Bogle. I then started regular automated index fund investing in addition to maxing out my 401k. I was well paid but never earned a FAANG salary.Thanks to my investments, I was able to retire comfortably a few years ago. The power of compounding over a sufficiently long period of time is pretty amazing despite having been through several big crashes.