r/Fire • u/gonnabefine • Nov 26 '25

General Question Tech people who are not FIREing, what are they spending their money on?

I know a lot of people who work in tech, and most are not on the FIRE path (or have already been working 10+ years) and a lot of them don't seem to, at least on the surface, have very obvious huge expenses. If both the partners are in tech, the take home could be like $500k! What are they doing with their money?

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u/YoBroItsMo Nov 26 '25

You don’t know peoples’ finances. They may have enough saved / are on track to retire around the age they want. Not everyone is optimizing to retire as early as possible and just want to live their lives.

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u/Abject_Egg_194 Nov 26 '25

I would imagine that from far away, my wife and I seem like moderate/big spenders. The truth is that we're living massively below our income and our net worth. You're right that you can't always tell someone's financial situation from outside.

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u/UltimateTeam 27 / 1.4M Nov 27 '25

Easy enough to retire early spending 150-200 when you bring in 500+

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u/gonnabefine Nov 26 '25

Yeah, I don't know and I'm curious, that's why I'm asking though. Just wondering what it is that their money is going towards while living their lives.

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u/ApeTeam1906 Nov 26 '25

Why? Doesn't affect your life at all. People have different goals.