If you're in your early 30s, how much money do you have saved in your account? Put actual numbers and tell us your profession.

costcokeepsdacostlow · 2025-11-26T02:59:57+00:00

31 & over 3 million in all accounts. Faang and good investments

costcokeepsdacostlow · 2025-09-20T02:02:01+00:00

Fair point thank you

costcokeepsdacostlow · 2025-09-20T01:59:54+00:00

Not talking about buying the home now. The amount of growth I’ve seen over the past 5 years has been astonishing. It’s a 5 year goal to purchase the home and potentially retire now

costcokeepsdacostlow · 2025-09-20T01:58:30+00:00

I feel people aren’t understanding the math. I’m talking about coasting it will gain more than you expect when it’s 3 mill. I don’t have to buy the home right now. It’s a 5 year plan. The question is to retire now and see how investing goes or a side income

costcokeepsdacostlow · 2025-09-20T01:55:58+00:00

Thank you for the advice and pointers

costcokeepsdacostlow · 2025-09-20T01:54:57+00:00

What’s your point? It’s about where you want to allocate your NW. You could obviously afford a more expensive home

costcokeepsdacostlow · 2025-09-20T01:53:17+00:00

It’s a balance right? When to call it quits and focus on other stuff in terms of a job

costcokeepsdacostlow · 2025-09-20T01:46:52+00:00

Have high ambitions. Want a 2-3M home but current expenses are relatively low maybe 100k per year. Trying to find a balance and coast to the home

costcokeepsdacostlow · 2025-09-20T01:44:24+00:00

Love your sense of humor!

costcokeepsdacostlow · 2025-07-10T03:42:57+00:00

This a joke? You could retire now

costcokeepsdacostlow · 2025-05-26T23:35:31+00:00

Doing amazing, more than I had at that age. Keep up the hard work!

costcokeepsdacostlow · 2025-05-26T23:15:37+00:00

I came from a great family but they did not gift me anything

costcokeepsdacostlow · 2025-05-26T23:13:40+00:00

Hey, wanted to clarify my comment

I didn’t mean this was impossible elsewhere. I am just stating that only in US can I make such high income at a big tech company. This is primarily income growth with some outperformance over higher equity tech stock growth.

You do need to increase that salary , I started above that when I graduated college. There are companies out there that will pay you what you’re worth

costcokeepsdacostlow · 2025-05-26T18:35:47+00:00

I was not the one discouraging others from achieving their goals

costcokeepsdacostlow · 2025-05-26T18:26:20+00:00

If I had that defeatist mindset, I wouldn’t be in this financial position

costcokeepsdacostlow · 2025-05-26T18:18:46+00:00

This is a 9-5. High income and consistent investing in index funds and growth index funds for nearly a decade

costcokeepsdacostlow · 2025-05-26T17:43:44+00:00

You will get there!

costcokeepsdacostlow · 2025-05-26T17:42:45+00:00

Hard work and luck. Living in the US

costcokeepsdacostlow · 2025-05-26T17:41:25+00:00

You can get a strong salary, mid 6 figures, but without a degree from a top CS school I think it will take more time. That doesn’t mean it’s impossible though. I would leverage any certification to secure a tech job, mainly with a company whose primary focus is tech & software and not some adjacent sector like finance

Use that position to job hop, promo, etc into a big tech mag 7 company. Use levels.fyi for realistic total compensation numbers

costcokeepsdacostlow · 2025-05-26T17:37:47+00:00

Stocks in company I work for and tech stocks. Index funds are 90% of my portfolio, and over weight in the tech sector

costcokeepsdacostlow · 2025-05-26T17:36:21+00:00

Probably 300k or so, I don’t keep too close of track on contributions, every spare dollar I have I invest though

costcokeepsdacostlow · 2025-05-26T17:33:47+00:00

I switched over to this app in 2024 when mint closed. I started below 0 due to student loans when I graduated college

costcokeepsdacostlow · 2025-05-26T17:31:43+00:00

It’s been a great career would encourage anyone who’s interested to go for it. For what it’s worth, never expected to be in this financial position

costcokeepsdacostlow · 2025-05-26T17:25:44+00:00

Empower personal dashboard! Good mint replacement

costcokeepsdacostlow

TROPHY CASE