"Because I didn't need to". Holy shit, I can't take how out of touch people are with tech comp, living within your means, and not living to work. I need to just

"Because I didn't need to". Holy shit, I can't take how out of touch people are with tech comp, living within your means, and not living to work. I need to just stop reading this thread. I took five years off, was statistically underpaid (read: I had peers that made a jump, making double my base salary) when I was previously employed, and every retirement calculator I can find says I still will have more money than I'll need to retire at 45 or 50.