Do I need a side hustle, or will tech TC take me far enough?
As always, blind tax
140TC 0 YOE
Question as above. My life aspirations include:
~1.5-2m house in Southern California (LA, OC)
~$150k sportscar
Enough money to travel (dont mind economy), support my parents (pay when we travel together, and some side cash for them to spend and enjoy, would increase as my TC increases)
Aside from wanting an expensive nice house and expensive car, everything else is pretty bland and basic. Don't spend frivolously on clothes, partying, etc....
And planning to achieve this by 30s to early 40s. Just curious as to whether tech compensation can take me there, or I have to start some sort of side hustle in order to reach these goals. Would also be dilligently saving my income (max 401k, HSA, start kids education fund, backdoor ira, ESPP, etc...)
I always see that tons of ppl on Blind have insane TCs but seem to be scrapping. Am I missing something? My only guess is that only recently has TC ballooned to the values its at now, and its not like most of Blind has been working with such high TC forever. Whereas for me, I have the benefit of starting out as a new grad already clearing mid six figures. So I just want to know if my spending habits are too big for the TC I will have in tech, or if it is a requirement I come up with another source of income.
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yeah MSCS doesn’t make sense. But PhD does indeed make sense if you have no research experience