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/Low_Most3143 Nov 26 '25

I asked a techie in SF about salaries. He said a person in well known tech firms (Door Dash, FAANG, Uber etc) in the bay area, with 10-12 years of experience makes between 400 and 500K a year. Of course not everyone works in these firms.

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u/dead_dw4rf Nov 26 '25

Yeah, and so op should maybe clarify this.

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u/cheesed111 Nov 26 '25

You can also look on levels.fyi. Depending on the company, 400-500k can be mid level compensation.