[ahoka]

The point was it does not matter if you only eat rice and beans for your whole life, no amount of salaries will get you into the "club".

[wallst07]

I think the point is that it is his OPs opinion and they cannot read the future. Nobody here can, so the reply has just as much weight as the original.

So saving and living below means is a great strategy either way.

[itake]

The FIRE movement says otherwise.

My high tech salary, aggressive investment strategy and saving enabled me to not need to work again.

I'm obviously not in the top 0.01%, but you don't need to be.