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I've also retired early after saving and keeping a simple lifestyle. I don't understand why more people in tech don't do it. My mental and physical health are b
by add-sub-mul-div 11mo ago
I've also retired early after saving and keeping a simple lifestyle. I don't understand why more people in tech don't do it. My mental and physical health are both better than the last time I was working.
Sometimes I'm tempted to get another job on the basis that it would be all disposable income. But then I think, what could I buy that would be more valuable than the 40 hours a week I'd be giving up? Maybe I'm just lucky that I have no interest in fancy things.
- iwontberude 11mo agoAfter buying so many things it gets boring and you figure out the few tricks you need to be satisfied. I think most people figure it out eventually.
- brianwawok 11mo agoDo you have a family and children? Not impossible but it’s much more complicated when others are involved.
- add-sub-mul-div 11mo agoJust one kid, you're right, not feeling an imperative to have a sprawling family goes a long way to making it possible.
- __turbobrew__ 11mo agoLifestyle creep and tech hubs have expensive real estate. I am super lucky in that I have a FAANG job in LCOL area and will most likely be FIRE by I am 40 with a fully paid off single detached home, but you cannot do that in the bay area where almost all your income will go to paying your mortgage. I also know a co-worker who lives in a LCOL area and just bought a Porsche 911 GT3…
- venturecruelty 11mo ago>I don't understand why more people in tech don't do it. Let me ask my landlord for you.
- add-sub-mul-div 11mo agoYes I had a landlord for 20+ years but was able to get out from under that without having a FAANG job or salary.
- venturecruelty 11mo agoCongratulations! I hope you can reflect on why that might not be possible for everyone struggling to make ends meet.
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