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by scarface_74 496 days ago
I’ve been slashing costs since 2020. More so because I thought the bottom was going to fall out of tech salaries and I didn’t want to have to chase BigTech comp.

I spent a year paying off debt after working for BigTech remotely (no longer there), moved to a condo 1/3 the size of our house in tax free Florida after our youngest graduated.

Our budget now as far as fixed expenses is only 3.5% more now than it was after we first paid off all of our debt at the end of 2020 even though inflation is up 21% since that time.

We save more than 3.5% in state taxes.