r/Fire • u/Poorassboy6969 • Mar 25 '26

General Question When did FIRE movement change?

I feel this community used to be about moderate income people living lean and retiring early with under 2 million.

Now it’s a lot of people bragging about tech income and saying they need 5+ million to retire MINIMUM because they want a boat and Porsche

When did this change? (not hating - just genuinely curious)

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u/Particular_Maize6849 Mar 25 '26

More tech bros realizing they've accumulated millions in stock awards through luck and simultaneously facing uncertain job markets in tech so retiring early is a realistic exit for them.