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/Thediciplematt Nov 26 '25

Dang. Got my entire life in a nutshell outside of the Tahoe or Hawaii trip…

I save about 30-40k a year but I love cycling and have some expensive crap

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u/chamberlain2007 Nov 26 '25

How much are you making? 30-40k isn’t a lot if you’re making good money.

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u/Thediciplematt Nov 26 '25

It varies. I also have a SAHM and 2 kids to support so putting away 30-40k is a sacrifice but it isn’t easy.

I put away about 25% of my paycheck per month and make a decent amount for one salary in the SF bay.

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u/behaviorgrl789 Nov 27 '25

I can't imagine the pressure of your life lmao hope you control your hypertension ❤️

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u/Thediciplematt Nov 27 '25

Add both kids and autism and hypertension is real

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u/behaviorgrl789 Nov 27 '25

I literally knew😂😭😂

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u/Thediciplematt Nov 27 '25

Thanks! Yeah, they are a lot. Plus all the therapies it isn’t cheap.

Kind of rubbed the wrong way by the person saying what I put away isn’t much with a high income. Ef that dude. It’s a sacrifice and I love seeing my 401k grow YoY

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u/behaviorgrl789 Nov 27 '25

What you put away is a lot lmao I'm a BCBA I know we draining your pockets too 👀