We're told from the start to live within our salary and investment returns. If you make $200k base, usually make about $1m TC and choose to spent all of your ca

We're told from the start to live within our salary and investment returns. If you make $200k base, usually make about $1m TC and choose to spent all of your cash every year, I don't feel esp bad for you. The operative word from VR is variable. Leaving, not negotiating a sign-on bonus with the new firm, and getting your garden leave enforced isnt much different than a bad year wiping out your VR, except you have to make your own mistakes at every turn to put yourself in that situation.