curious to know how many low income savers are in the community vs typical FIRE jobs like software engineers

  • yenahmik@lemmy.worldM
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    1 year ago

    I work in product for a non FAANG tech company.

    Salary wise, definitely not low income but also not six figures like many of the techies we see in the FIRE forums.

  • fart
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    i feel like lemmy specifically is going to be even more engineer focused than reddit’s FIRE community

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    I’m a mechanical engineer in a VLCOL area, I make ~80k, but manage a 60% SR very comfortably.

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    I’m in financial analysis also have my CPA.

    Don’t earn as much as SWE but not bad. Six fig in a VHCOL area though.

  • asterisk@lemmy.one
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    Software Engineer here - also curious. Let me see if my reply can perform a little necromancy :D

  • FancyPantsFIRE@lemmy.world
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    Definitely not a low income saver. I’m a tech manager in the trading industry. Basically a SWE with more responsibilities.

  • sugar_in_your_teaM
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    SWE, but not a crazy FAANG job or anything, just your normal run of the mill software wing of a company that manufacturers stuff.

  • Conman_Signor@lemmy.one
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    Production Operator in a manufacturing plant. I make less than 100k a year. Slowly but steady i see all my investments growing

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    I’m the information security officer and head of technical operations for an insuretech startup.

    Great work and six-figure pay but nowhere near where I need to be to reach comfortable early retirement.