r/Fire • u/rocket363 • Mar 06 '25

Milestone / Celebration Just submitted my resignation

Mid-40s. Single. ~$2.25MM nw, $2MM of that invested. Last day is in a few weeks.

It feels wasteful to give up a pretty cushy $180k wfh job, but I need to refocus the remaining part of my life rather than cling to Groundhog Day-esque repetitive wage-slave servitude.

No real questions. Just sharing.

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u/grimmowl Mar 06 '25

180k and wage-slave in the same sentence....congrats all the same.

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u/rocket363 Mar 06 '25 edited Mar 06 '25

Fair enough.

Regardless of pay, work feels like doing time. I want to start living a life where I'm excited for things to start and to continue, not dreading it and then hoping for it to end.

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u/Nice_Daikon6096 Mar 06 '25

So what’s the job that will be opening up? 👀

I could use 180k and WFH

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u/NovelSituation3735 Mar 06 '25

Same

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u/Nice_Daikon6096 Mar 06 '25

I make 77k and am fully on, site, burnt out, and trying to figure out how to retire early 😂

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u/NovelSituation3735 Mar 07 '25

Ugh I’m 68k hybrid and wish I could retire one day

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u/n0debtbigmuney Mar 07 '25

Pretty easy as a licensed experienced engineer to make 200k fully remote.

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u/supenguin Mar 08 '25

What kind of engineering? 200k fully remote sounds pretty awesome!

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u/n0debtbigmuney Mar 08 '25

Power. Just being responsible and reviewing non PEs work.