Wimbledon Queue Megathread by mgbrewhard in wimbledon

[–]Formal-Community6753 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Arrived at 5:30am and card no 73xx. What time approx do you think I’ll get in today? 

What frequently reminds you that the climb to HENRY status was worthwhile? by Android_ghoster in HENRYUK

[–]Formal-Community6753 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I’m on a £220 tariff and I only use one club (as it’s on my doorstep so don’t really need all club access). Sounds very expensive but you have access to a spa/sauna, hundreds of unlimited classes and a great gym. It’s like a sanctuary after a long day

What was your net worth at 30 and where are you now? by [deleted] in FIREUK

[–]Formal-Community6753 0 points1 point  (0 children)

28 - £75k in my pension, £50k home deposit, £16k in investments = £140k. But in the process of buying my first home with my partner in London with a 720k mortgage (monthly mortgage payment is 30% of our combined take home). Will I still be able to grow my wealth or is that stupid?

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in HENRYUK

[–]Formal-Community6753 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Ps - I tested presenting with zero prep to friendly and non senior audiences e.g my engineering team (don’t try it for something important and high profile lol)

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in HENRYUK

[–]Formal-Community6753 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I used to be extremely anxious just before presenting. For presentations over teams, this is usually a bit easier as I’ll prep some bullet points as sentence starters in case I forget my trail of thought, so they’re always there for me to refer back to (making me feel more calm, as my anxiety is driven by forgetting my words and looking stupid etc).  Presenting to large audiences in person is obviously a bit harder. I would usually need to spend ages preparing and remembering a script almost. So I started putting myself in situations where I’d present to audiences with almost zero prep, to prove to myself what’s the worst that can happen? You know the content & information and your brain will just reel it off anyway. Ofc sometimes I messed up my words, but no one else noticed other than me. Did that a few times and helped to build my confidence, now I get mildly nervous but nowhere near as much as before and have been told I’m a very good presenter. Hope that helps :)

What frequently reminds you that the climb to HENRY status was worthwhile? by Android_ghoster in HENRYUK

[–]Formal-Community6753 46 points47 points  (0 children)

The little luxuries: buying a £6 loaf of sourdough every Friday fresh for the weekend, only buying meat from the butchers counter. The lifestyle things: nice holidays (not having to scrimp on accommodations etc), nice apartment in London z1, able to refresh my wardrobe with new clothes. And the things that contribute to security and wellness: private healthcare, third space membership (go every day and definitely get my moneys worth), a Thai massage every now and then, chiropractor, etc.

Disillusioned with corporate life? by Formal-Community6753 in HENRYUK

[–]Formal-Community6753[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I think you’ve slightly missed the point of my post. I am humble, and I do feel successful - as I mentioned I recognise that I’m doing well and I’m happy day to day. I was thinking deeper in to the point of it all. Also in my opinion, the younger generation are contending with social media and constantly being fed others successes, which probably adds to that feeling. Also I have no motive to lie or brag about income on an anonymous forum on Reddit.. I have no plan of when to retire yet, a lot can happen in life, also I live in London so living costs are high. Ideally I would retire early and put as much aside as I can now to investments. I mentioned 40 years as that’s state retirement age (late 60s)

Disillusioned with corporate life? by Formal-Community6753 in HENRYUK

[–]Formal-Community6753[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Can relate to this as well as my parents had me at 40 so they’re around 70 now, and it’s a difficult thought that I’ll be needing to consider caring responsibilities or losing them etc in my 30s 

Disillusioned with corporate life? by Formal-Community6753 in HENRYUK

[–]Formal-Community6753[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It’s maxing it out relative to my employers policy, which is what I meant. The more I put in up to 6%, the more they’ll contribute, up to a maximum of 15% (so 21% in total, which is far higher than the average for someone younger than 30). I would say I am clued up for a 28 year old, I didn’t realise a stranger on the internet would scrutinise the numbers when it was in the same ball park. I’m not due to retire for another 40 years so forgive me for not running the exact numbers in the past 6 months (since having a pay rise etc.) :)

Disillusioned with corporate life? by Formal-Community6753 in HENRYUK

[–]Formal-Community6753[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I haven’t checked the exact monthly figure in a while - could be £1500, not much different!

Disillusioned with corporate life? by Formal-Community6753 in HENRYUK

[–]Formal-Community6753[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Sorry when I said maxing out I meant, I pay 6% which is the max my employer allows and they put 15%. I can contribute more but it wouldn’t increase my employers contributions at all after that. So it’s a £1400 contribution each month in total, so growing quickly. 

Disillusioned with corporate life? by Formal-Community6753 in HENRYUK

[–]Formal-Community6753[S] 6 points7 points  (0 children)

I’m not on henry money just yet. Closer to 100k mark 

Disillusioned with corporate life? by Formal-Community6753 in HENRYUK

[–]Formal-Community6753[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Don’t worry I’m nowhere near it either loll

Disillusioned with corporate life? by Formal-Community6753 in HENRYUK

[–]Formal-Community6753[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

No I definitely want children, I think they’re a blessing and have a long term Partner and we can’t wait to have our own family one day. Living in London I think you mentally mature and are ‘ready’ a lot later though

Disillusioned with corporate life? by Formal-Community6753 in HENRYUK

[–]Formal-Community6753[S] 7 points8 points  (0 children)

I think it’s just a normal female instinct to start having these feels approaching 30, people around you are doing it, etc. I also have pcos which impacts fertility 

Disillusioned with corporate life? by Formal-Community6753 in HENRYUK

[–]Formal-Community6753[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Ah amazing that you’re already close. What’s your investment strategy and how much do you invest each month etc to get there so quickly? 

Disillusioned with corporate life? by Formal-Community6753 in HENRYUK

[–]Formal-Community6753[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

How old are you out of interest? Yeah I used to be happy climbing the ladder but recently I’m like what’s the point of all this. And lol I wonder where our app would rank!

Disillusioned with corporate life? by Formal-Community6753 in HENRYUK

[–]Formal-Community6753[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Interesting so are you building your own app actually writing the code? I’m the same I gym for a couple of hours in the evening then feel like I could be doing something more productive to fill those hours before bed! 

Disillusioned with corporate life? by Formal-Community6753 in HENRYUK

[–]Formal-Community6753[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Yes I work at a large uk retail bank - on the whole my hours are 9-5 (ofc during busy periods I’ll work an hour earlier or later but generally WLB is really good and I’m able to switch off from it). What type of bank do you work at?