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0 pointsblackrock5y ago0 comments

This is easy. Just find a job that pays you $350,000 a year.

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I mean, the goal is to retire in ten years starting from scratch. And that number is assuming you want to have a reliable $80k/yr income without ever depleting your principal.

If it only took the median income, everyone you know would be retired at 35.

The guy asked a question and it was answered. Retiring from nothing in ten years is hard. Retiring from nothing in ten years with an above-median retirement income is even harder. Is that supposed to be surprising?

I’m all ears for your better plan.

divtiwari5y ago

Just get a job as a SDE in Netflix or Renaissance Technologies. /s

sdevonoes5y ago

That's is easy (just spend 4 months memorizing algorithms and hack the tech interview). The problem is to keep working on that kind of job for 10 years (after a few months they would realise that the only reason you passed the tech interview is because you memorized algorithms... then you would get FIREd).

blackrockOP5y ago

How many golf balls can you fit into a Boeing 747?

And somehow, this question is related to engineering world class software systems. I’m still trying to figure out how.

blackrockOP5y ago

LOL. Not a problem. If only you could’ve predicted the future, 20 years ago, that Netflix would’ve paid their software engineers $350,000 a year.

Back then, Netflix was just some silly DVD rental business.

Then, you could’ve studied and did whatever you could to land such a job with them.

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stouset5y ago

I mean, the goal is to retire in ten years starting from scratch. And that number is assuming you want to have a reliable $80k/yr income without ever depleting your principal.

If it only took the median income, everyone you know would be retired at 35.

I’m all ears for your better plan.

divtiwari5y ago

Just get a job as a SDE in Netflix or Renaissance Technologies. /s

sdevonoes5y ago

blackrockOP5y ago

How many golf balls can you fit into a Boeing 747?

And somehow, this question is related to engineering world class software systems. I’m still trying to figure out how.

blackrockOP5y ago

LOL. Not a problem. If only you could’ve predicted the future, 20 years ago, that Netflix would’ve paid their software engineers $350,000 a year.

Back then, Netflix was just some silly DVD rental business.

Then, you could’ve studied and did whatever you could to land such a job with them.

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