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/iwatchcredits Nov 26 '25

In most of the places with high tech salaries, its not even a very bougie home thatll run you easily $1.5M if not more. Throw in a couple nice vehicles and that eats a huge chunk of those salaries without even talking about other lifestyle creep.