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>graduate college in 2015
>starting salary 52k in tech
>not smart enough for FANG but considered high paying for my age/area
>minimum house prices in my area 300k
>buy first car
>pay it off within 3 years
>get a raise to 61k
>dump half my net worth into crypto
>save up down payment
>look to buy in 2019
>minimum house prices now 470k
>after 20% down payment I'd still be paying 2x more than my rent for the mortgage alone
>fuck it I'll just invest
>fast forward to today
>get more raises and reach 78k salary
>655k net worth
>minimum house is 540k
So despite getting a good degree, a relatively high paying job in an in demand field, working for 10yrs, gambling half my net worth into a risky investment and lucking into insane returns, I can at best afford one (1) paid off home?
I still have to work another 10 years to reach retirement?
I've been wildly successful but I don't feel like I'm financially any better than your average doctor/engineer/dentist, or even people that went into tech before me.
Everyone at my work that was born 5-10+ years earlier would have reached this point without having to risk it on buying crypto at all, it was just normal to work a job in their field and have a house. All of them by their 30s already had a house with a hot tub, a 60k car, plus a condo, or even just 2-3 houses, renting them out for extra cash, all without risking anything on crypto.
But now, even with all the extreme risk and success I've had, I can just barely afford the 1 house with a little left over? This is bullshit.
Sucks even more for zoomers, but really this is bullshit for 90s millenials too. I should be retired as a king by now for how much I've worked and risky investments that paid off if I was born earlier, but the price of fucking everything has exploded so much that even with all the success, I've barely progressed, it's been such a scam. And that's with living below my means, renting, not spending crazily, saving 40% of my pay.

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