[markus_zhang]

The money alone is good enough. I can probably just retire with all those money and stocks. Let alone tons of techs and a shiny CV. Kudos for starting from a height most people can't reach for life. I guess you are going to start another company eventually?

[bsimpson]

Comp is higher at L6 and lower in London, so I don't know how that balances but…

If you spent the last 9y at Google in SF/NYC (the top comp regions), you'd have a million dollars in stock alone. It doesn't go as far as it did 9 years ago, but it's still ahead of a whole lot of people in this economy.

[keepamovin]

9 years is a long time just for money tho. Too much money focused on that attitude

[j0hnyl]

I don't think so, in fact, now that I'm a little "older", I regret not chasing money earlier.

[markus_zhang]

Exactly. Now at 40+ I can only hope for a lottery ticket to retire early and do what I really want. Anything else is just too slow or might reduce my wealth.

[underdeserver]

9 years is just about enough time to big a sweet nest egg.

[markus_zhang]

It's not that long if you can retire and learn good skills.