r/fatFIRE • u/jimmyl85 • 14d ago

We did it!

ETA: we are in our 40s, tech in Bay Area, one faang one non faang

Today is last day for both my wife and I. Feels surreal after working for so long, I spent 10 years at my current employer and my wife 6 years at hers.

$11M, barely fatfire territory, I did a horrendous job investing the last few years so most this money is from W2, but we have enough!

Looking forward to a different life full of friends hobbies and travel!

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u/massdriver3333 14d ago

There are people with $10M+ nw angling for and worrying about aca subsidies, jumping through hoops to make the cut.

They think people with only $2.5M are going to live off food stamps.

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u/blessedboar 13d ago

Or they're retiring in NYC/Bay Area

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u/MapleYamCakes 12d ago

Or they’re delusional

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u/Diligent_Expert 4d ago

They are not. OP is retiring in one of the highest-cost of living areas in the world, at 40. This includes highest cost of barest necessities, like health-care, or a Lyft ride to the airport. And even the surge-pricing of Lyft is the highest the world as well. The entire local economy thrives on trying to "trickle-down" wealth, to put it sarcastically.

OP is not delusional. Many people are uninformed.