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37-year-old quit her $390k Google job after saving up $1.5M

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by mooreds

1 hour ago

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jleyank

3 minutes ago

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I would imagine the financial numbers don't look so rosy if children are present (assuming the person's in the US). Uni and post-uni tuition and fees could eat a fair bit of 1.5M.

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add-sub-mul-div

19 minutes ago

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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 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.

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__turbobrew__

42 seconds ago

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Lifestyle 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.

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brianwawok

3 minutes ago

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Do you have a family and children? Not impossible but it’s much more complicated when others are involved.

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iwontberude

17 minutes ago

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After 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.