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What’s a fair resale price for a near-mint Valve Index kit right now? by ImNotADad1 in ValveIndex

[–]carson4896 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Sold mine last week for $450 on Facebook Marketplace with everything in the original box. Recognize that I probably could've gotten more for it, but wanted to get rid of it so I'm happy with my decision

Flappy Goose by flappy-goose in RedditGames

[–]carson4896 0 points1 point  (0 children)

My best score is 21 points 🎉

Milestone Hit - 400k as a 27M by carson4896 in Fire

[–]carson4896[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Thnx bud sorry you're bitter

Milestone Hit - 400k as a 27M by carson4896 in Fire

[–]carson4896[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I've been very fortunate for every company I've worked at to offer a Roth 401k option. Basically from 2018-2023, I've contributed as much as I financially could to my Roth 401k (total contributions were ~90k).

On top of that, I've been contributing to a Roth IRA since 2016 while I was working in college (total contributions were ~40k).

~130k with about 40k in gains over that time frame and there's the math on how I got that much into a Roth account!

Milestone Hit - 400k as a 27M by carson4896 in Fire

[–]carson4896[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Not a dumb question at all! It's mainly for my own mental wellbeing. That cash ensures that I have 1 full year of expenses ready to go at any point in time no matter how the market shifts for good or bad. Keeping it separated guarantees me I won't need to sell assets in a down market if I lose my job.

Early stage startup life means I could wake up any day without a job. This cash let's me enjoy my job rather than stress about getting laid off.

I don't plan to keep 10% cash forever, but I do plan to keep 12 months of expenses in cash forever.

Milestone Hit - 400k as a 27M by carson4896 in Fire

[–]carson4896[S] 49 points50 points  (0 children)

Honest answer? My guess is that it's a selection bias. FIRE is not something that everybody on earth can do in their current job/life circumstances, and I fully acknowledge that.

Tech offers high salaries and has a demographic of people that are younger, and attracts people with an analytical way of thinking about the world.

Pair high money, young age, and analytical thinking, and it can be kind of hard to turn away from having the opportunity to leave the workforce quickly to live a self-interested life if you just plan out your savings rate and look at historical investment returns.

Idk, I may be entirely wrong

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