And I'll work until I'm 75.
I say this not out of being bitter, but for the context that many (probably most) people who do what they love to do don't get the massive paychecks even mid-tier tech jobs get. Context is everything.
My salary is much higher than household average but far from unheard of in tech. There are definitely some scrappy college grads getting offers higher than it. and I have 3+ decades to increase it.
Post retirement I should definitely have the finances to get some pretty nice sports car.
If you’re lucky. Modern medicine still has yet to solve most major disabilities for people in their sixties. It will be hard to work if you’re suffering any of the innumerable disabling diseases. What will you do then?
That's real, by the way. Like I said, really good benefits.
For anyone concerned about my mental health - Don't link to anti-suicide things. I'm talking in like 30 years. I do not have a plan, yet.
All joking aside, it seems to be the one area that only wants the elderly.
I'm earning an exceptionally high salary for my age, with more than enough money to retire at a decent time, while working from home for a mid-sized company for <=40 hours a week. I turn off my computer at 5pm and don't think about work until 9am the next morning. I work with people I like and we get stuff done.
I could probably retire even earlier if I were willing to enter the rat race, but I'd rather be there for my kids' childhoods than resurface from the grind just in time to send them off to college.