[VirusNewbie]

Interesting, one of my best friends from HS (and still close friend) made it 'big' and I had a very different reaction.

Now it might be because my friend made only two digit millions and not three, but it was shocking to me that after all his 80 hour work weeks for years and years, he ended up with a very similar lifestyle to myself and other well paid tech professionals.

Sure he doesn't have to work but he wants to. He has a very fancy big four bedroom house with a large yard and view, I have a smaller but still quite nice four bedroom without a view. My house isn't in as prestigious of a neighborhood, but very nice. He is in the 'top of the line' neighborhood. Same county, fifteen minutes from my house though.

He drives a 200k luxury car, I have an entry level luxury car. He flies first class or charters a private flight, I vacation in coach. We can go vacation at the same places, eat at the same restaurants, watch the same TV shows, etc.

Financial freedom is certainly nice, but it's interesting how the lifestyle changes going from a net worth of ~1-2M to ~50M is not that different?

[randomopining]

Funny that you post the same idea right when I did.

100% agree, and I've experienced a lot and have thought about it a lot.

Fancy house - who cares if your house has everything you like (quiet study, comfy bed, stove, espresso machine). View is nice, but prob gets old.

Car - who cares. Driving a safe car with some good speakers is nice enough.

Flying - even if you're traveling, you don't do it a ton. Business class is within reach for us peons with points if you really want it for overnight to Europe or whatever. It's not that much better.

Everything else is basically the same. To get a good workout, you still have to make it happen and push yourself hard. To get a high quality girl, you still have to converse well, do fun things, and connect.

Of course it's natural to want more more more. But Remote job with >$100k salary is basically living like a king and we are super lucky.