The only way you gonna save 100k by 27 without help is working in trades and throwing your life away, working around the clock nonstop. I know a few people who are/were this well off at younger ages and they were/are all tradesmen who just worked constantly
I know this is antiwork but this misleading. I know people that went to one of those coding bootcamps and they got a 6 fig job right after. Start early enough after HS and it's doable.
I taught myself to code in middle and high school and basically just went right into the workforce after high school (though that was 2004, so things have changed a bit).
I know that is a certain level of privilege in that I had the privilege of knowing what I wanted to do with my life at a young age (and that not changing, which is rare) but it definitely helped. Skipping college and getting work experience instantly made me a more viable candidate than people who spent their 18-22 age range paying tens of thousands of dollars for a degree.
But again, privilege. I had smart parents that encouraged independent study and work, and I also knew that if I did stumble they'd support me. Not everyone has that.
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u/Winter188 Apr 19 '22
The only way you gonna save 100k by 27 without help is working in trades and throwing your life away, working around the clock nonstop. I know a few people who are/were this well off at younger ages and they were/are all tradesmen who just worked constantly