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Re:Ask HN: Software Engineer hitting 40: what's next? by jspaetzel on Saturday November 27, 2021 @02:39PM (#29362744)
If you've been doing it for most of your career, certainly. But a lot of people start their careers later or make dumb decisions with money for a chunk of the time, those things can totally push retirement well past 50.
Re:Ask HN: Software Engineer hitting 40: what's next? by askonomm on Sunday November 28, 2021 @02:36AM (#29366951)
For sure! I was merely saying that it's not a unicorn, it _can_ actually be achieved with high probability and lots of effort, as opposed to being flat out impossible for the minimum wage workers, for example.