The whole “$10M for FIRE” thing feels like half reality, half echo chamber. Costs are wild, sure—but most people don’t need that number unless they’re chasing a luxury lifestyle. FIRE was supposed to be personal, not one-size-fits-all. Your real number depends on your actual spending, goals, and responsibilities. For some it’s $2M, for others $20M. Don’t copy the Internet—calculate what you need.

Are all the Oracle certifications free irrespective of our team after we join Oracle? Or WT can do certification only of our manners assigns any to us?

Hi All, Have been reached out by a GS recruiter for Software Dev - SRE role.Any leads/help on the process and interviews would be appreciated.

Hi Sharks, there some openings in GS ops risk management team. Can you help me with a referral and please get me in touch with the hiring team?

Hello Fish mates!

I am here seeking your 2 cents how my decision of moving from Corporate Loan Operations into Vendor Management operations within Goldman Sachs is going to be beneficial for me.

Please feel free to list out any drawbacks too!

Thanks
- Fellow Fish

Pro tip: live close to poorer people to feel rich. The feelings of wealth are extremely subjective and is mainly based on comparison

Recently accepted a temp role as an HR admin for a former employer. Previously interned there & left because my supervisor did not have any growth opportunities planned out for me; this was in spite of my stellar performance, as reflected in my 90 day review. She has since left the company, but there’s crazy turnover in the company & in the HR department in particular. Just that an HR coordinator resigned. Is it worth going back into a dumpster fire w/ no leadership to gain experience?

Any downsides to leaving a “Counsel” role and moving into a “Legal Affairs” role? Still practicing and representing the company, just a difference of titles, so core work remains the same - what do you think?

What y'all dressing up as for Halloween?

How is coforge bangalore. Is it safe to join as test automation (test Analyst) is job security is there in coforge?

Any feed back is highly appreciated.

Hi if there is any opportunity for project management or qa testing can anyone share.

I wouldn’t even mind the hours of this job if people were kinder.

Hi,
I am an Analyst. I have planned to do MSc in Artificial Intelligence or in Data science. What are job opportunities after the course completion? Is it difficult to get a job in Michigan, Texas, Illinois, Loss Angeles, Santiago?

Hi All.. I need a referral for my brother in mastercard. Can anyone help with the same?

Hi everyone! How are you all doing?
I am looking for a switch to a Data Science/ ML role.
As of now, I am working as a Data Associate and my tech stack is: Python, SQL, Aws, kubernetes, docker. I have worked on creation of Novel scripts to parse medical data and optimization of existing data parsing scripts, ETL pipelines and Data Migration. YOE: 1year 2months.
Thanks.

Hi fishes,

I'm a research analyst covering credit risk and model audit space (dual skillset). What should my ideal CTC be?

Peeps with similar profile please comment your CTC.

Mine is 10.6lpa on 3.5 YOE.

1.Wipro will give any hike after completing probation period of 6 months??
2. And is there band change will happen after completion of probation period?
I have joined Wipro as fresher certified SAP SD consultant and my current band is TeamRainbow. Wipro has mentioned 6 months probation period on my offer letter

I teach 3rd grade Math. I am looking for ideas for math centers, that focus on fact fluency.

Can I live comfortably in Dubai on 25k a month? With wife and kid too?

I have mostly passive investments. I was thinking the other day: what if everyone had only passive investments? Wouldn’t this create incredibly high amount of systemic risk? Are we all sheep??

FIRE newbie here. Is it possible to reach FIRE with a special needs kid? Has someone done it? Are there any alternatives to fund therapies beside insurance?

Can anyone recommend a good fixed income investment that I can add to my ROTH IRA account?

Trying to open an account on TreasuryDirect to buy i bonds, and I am required to get an authorized certifying officer to sign a form to complete the process to open an account. Anyone know what that is? I went to my bank and asked, they don’t think they can sign it 🧐

What job is light and flexible that offers health insurance? Plz… hope there is one out there

What is your savings rate for the year?
I am saving 66% of my take home pay and I’m pretty satisfied with it.

I consolidated grad loans in ‘15, kept federal separate from private (w SoFi @6.75%). Can I refinance w SoFi or w Earnest? Should I combine the federal and lose the protections for better %?

Turning 28 and hit $300K NW today. Never formally FIRE’d but want to set out a plan for here onwards. What’s some good material / easy reading to start with?

I wish I wasn’t adaptable. Humans aspire for a greater level of comfort and once achieved, adopt that as their new baseline. Because of this, somebody making $100k cannot simply comfortably revert back to a $50k lifestyle. The slow growth of personal wealth isn’t noticed as ideated. Instead, we are never satisfied.

Can you relate? Has your salary / net worth growth dramatically improved your quality of life?

Anyone here over 70% in VOO or VTI? Is that a smart move for less-involved investor?

Are my crypto profits taxed?

Well yes. Crypto is taxed like stocks & other types of property. When you sell for a profit, you are required to pay tax on the gains. It’s called capital gains tax.

Are y’all waiting to do a mega backdoor Roth to see what they do about build back better this year or just moving forward with it?

Sooo AMC.. who’s in?

😂

Anybody using Marcus high yield savings? 1.9%APY seems like a no brainer, just want to be sure I’m not missing anything.

What is your socioeconomic background and how much NW do you consider “enough” to be able to live comfortably?

What’s the meaning of life before FIRE and after FIRE?

Question about what to do next. I’ve maxed out everything—401k, HSA, IRA, backdoor Roth 401k. My bills are all paid. I’ll probably make about 16,500 more this year to do stuff with (ie money that isn’t going to taxes or insurance or anything). What should I do with it? Crypto? Set it on fire? Get a hair transplant?

Do you count your car as part of your NW on Mint/other trackers?

I contribute 10% of my paycheck to my employee share purchase plan. Is this smart to do given the tax repercussions behind it? Is it smarter to invest less in that and more in my Roth or 401k?

I’m maxing out my 401K, traditional IRA and HSA this year and paying for some house improvements. I have about $750K total investments and very close to $2M net worth, but realize that I am behind on investments if I want to do FIRE. I was focused on paying off huge chunks of my mortgage and managed to whittle it down to $75K left. Would you suggest I go ahead and pay that off this year? Or pause and do a mega back door roth instead? I’m mid 40s. Thanks!