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Our household TC is £225k excluding bonuses (mostly my income). Somehow we manage to save £6k a month after paying our mortgage & bills and then a further £2k into corporate pension schemes. We invest our savings but the feeling of putting away £8k each month feels great. I thought when I'd get to this stage I'd have more desires to spend the money but there is nothing I can honestly think of right now that I'd love to buy. I didn't spend a....

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... penny during the Black Friday sales.

Please see this as a friendly bit of advice to the younger fishes that are out there grinding everyday. There are people like me out there that don't desire material possessions despite having liquidity and excess income. I'm pushing for P in 1-2yrs time but even then my lifestyle won't fundamentally change. It's a great feeling when you know you income to expenses ratio is 2x or more. I know it's easier said than done at lower salaries but I've been through that journey and always aimed to save 50%. Hope folks find this useful.

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Thanks for sharing. Would you mind saying how long it took you to get to that salary level?

I spent about 11 years in industry, then 3 years in Consulting. Didn't have the best grades so hustled in everything that I did and relied on high EQ to gain momentum.

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And how much bonus :-)?

Yep, grateful for every bit

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Director / EY / FSO Tech. Sector lead for a specialism but can't go beyond that unfortunately.

that’s really good, would you mind sharing the salary range for directors in EY tech consulting?

In my sector I'd say anywhere between £150k-£190k base.

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Do you have kids?

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Im a manager at Accenture and even I struggle on what to spend my money on. Within reason I can buy anything I want but I have no desire. I have a nice car, nice house, nice clothes, a flashy watch and have enough to go out as much I desire. I struggle with the motivation to progress in my career, so recently I've decided my goal is to retire my parents to give me that push.

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