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A comment on Ask HN: What age do you expect to be able to retire?.

Re:Ask HN: What age do you expect to be able to retire? by siberianbear on Thursday November 30, 2017 @03:26AM (#15814229)
I retired a few years ago, shortly after I turned forty. I worked in Silicon Valley for a long time and saved almost all of my take-home income, which is what allowed me to amass a large sum.

When I was living in Silicon Valley, I couldn't wrap my head around how much pointless consumption my colleagues engaged in. Couldn't they see that they could escape this stupid rat race and leave if they just saved their money? I guess the liked the rat race more than I did. I hated the rat race and don't regret leaving. I should have retired sooner.

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Re:Ask HN: What age do you expect to be able to retire? by countryqt30 on Thursday November 30, 2017 @05:20AM (#15814718)
Isn't 40-45 extremely old for SF? Most FANG-engineers can probably retire by their late 20s in my experience.
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