Anyone here made it financially,or in the process of making it ?care to share your story of struggles or success?

Anyone here made it financially,or in the process of making it ?care to share your story of struggles or success?

No, I have negative money at the moment. Fuck this world.

Damn that sucks bro

Nobody?

We have a 3,000 SF house and three old, paid-for cars. We save about $1000 a month for retirement and go to the beach a lot. The kids go to public school. Is that "making it" for you or are you looking for really rich fucks?

Fair living I guess

I have made it to a small degree. I live in a split level home with five bedrooms and 2.5 baths that is paid for. The cars are paid for. There is 80 grand in the savings account and 400 grand in an investment account. There is 1800 a month coming in. Not rich, but comfortable. I don't need a job and I can help my friends.

And I live alone. No wife, no kids.

I grew up working in kitchens and had made the decision to attempt to become a chef at the casino near where I lived. After 5 years of working at the casino I got shit on just a few too many times. I decided to go back to school and went into the nursing field. 3 years later I graduate and go from making $11.38 an hour to $29.00 hourly. I make more than enough money to indulge my hobbies, pay for a home that is a good size for both me and my gf, and have a good car for the first time in my life.

I grew up poor so that's making it for me.

I have about 250k net worth right about now, I'm 25. I know I'm doing pretty good but I know I could be doing so much better.

I work hard but I'm in a shit field (IT)

how you do it

last semester of my degree, about to start as an associate at one of the biggest professional services firm in the world. graduating with no debt and hopefully going to make 100k within 4-5 years.

How'd you go about this just solely investing ? Or a high paying job to properties ? Starting a business ?

Yes. By inheritance. My grandfather co-founded a big company.

just hopped from one shitty job to another until i got tired of it. after that i said 'fuck it, no more restaurant / store work'. i applied to every office i could.

a psychic hired me to be a recpetionist. a week later his manager quit. so i got promoted instantly to manager. been there ever since.

i dont even make that much tbh, but the whole point of running a business is that im resourceful and know how to stretch a dollar so i live pretty well on very little.

Just go out guns and blazing fam. Make a name for yourself. Beat the record!

>stretch a dollar
So you live like a jew and don't enjoy life much?

on the contrary, a stretch my dollars specifically so i can eat out as much as possible and attend things like magic castle, universal halloween horror nights, go to the movies, etc.

Don't be a cunt because you don't have enough to be a jew,how well off are you?OP here

Same here. you must be in silicon valley too.

In the process. It's so simple as long as your realistic and start saving young. It amazes me to watch people struggle because of lack of money. And then put forward no effort to save/make smart decisions. I probably will never be filthy rich, but I'm confident I can save up at least 1 mill.

I have a house but working on selling it. Currently live in baller apartment complex (which actually costs more than my mortgage). One daily driver and one project car. My wife and I both have good jobs that pay well. Once the house sells we will be building a new one someplace warm. Prob Arizona.

Mom and dad's trust fund doesn't count

why shouldn't it?

No trust fund from any parents lol. We both work our asses off.

OP here inheritance is cool just curious how the inheritance came to be

Your not "making it" if you parents made it for you

*you're not making it, that's for sure. I have status so I do not need to be a slave like you all.

I guess many people would think I "made it financially". 6 figure salary and half a million in the bank. I got here by working my ass off and living frugally. I currently live in a shitty apartment, but that's how I managed to save so much money. Planning on buying a house soon.

Doing all right - I pull down about 150k per year, wife pulls down about 110k. Two kids, 4br/4.5 bath house on an acre outside Boston (about 50% paidoff), new suv for me couple weeks ago, new car for the wife last year, about 1.5m in 401k between me and the wife. Got a bit of a windfall this year when startup I’m working for got bought out by a big soulless megacorp - overall, will gross about 250k in extra bonus/ stock option cash out/retention bonus money.

Don’t know if that’s “made,” but we’re very comfortable and enjoying life.

Getting rich isn't really hard and neither is murdering someone. It's those who are willing to 'do what it takes' that achieve either.
t; it's never anything good

I'm envious honestly. At the same time a majority of people I've met who were raised rich kinda suck. People who earned it are so much more respectable

>all these people with half a millie in the bang browsing Sup Forums
I'm sure it's all true anons

Hmm. I have about $450k in investments and retirement accounts, but I live in half a rented 2 bedroom apartment. I think I am afraid of commitment.

You never know who's browsing
OP here,23 live with parents 15$ an hour with potential of 17.50 in the next 6 months no bills and looking to make the right moves

You're in a thread asking for financially successful people to post. Not everyone on Sup Forums flips burgers for a living.

How do you survive the office politics? I keep losing politically and having to find a new job. I've made upwards of $270k/year in tech roles but invariably fail to get into the in-groups and get passed over for advancement. It's deeply upsetting to me-- life feels like a high school popularity contest.

I don't flip burgers for a living and I'm in the medical field and I still don't know anyone with half a million in the bank apart from maybe my professor. Pretty sure he doesn't browse Sup Forums

Work in your field for a few years and live frugally and you'll have half a million in the bank in no time. Others here have done the same.

There’s my investment and 401k total. Wife has about 450k in hers too.

I have 15,000 dollars in a saving account doing nothing. What should I invest in? I don't care how long it takes, I just want to be /comfy/ later on.

i was clearly wrong.

it doesn't pay much in my country/case. I'd be lucky if i'm getting 60k/yr

fuck off

Also wondering the same, i currently have £25k (left over after university fees), it should be bumped up to aproximately £55-60k soon, and i want to make the most of it.

I started investing in etherium and XRP (ripple) recently, but im still quite inexperianced, any genuine tips?

Guess I’ve been fortunate not to end up in highly politicized offices then. Generally cultivate an attitude of:

- don’t participate in office gossip and roast sessions;
- always willing to pitch in and help;
- try to leave the ego at the door;
- Never assume I’m correct, ask people to show me when they think something’s wrong, and own up to it if I fucked up.

In general, politics have simply not been much of a problem - perhaps I’m fortunate, perhaps my attitude helps, not sure.

Hi. I have about that much. I graduated from a top university, went into a high paying field in a major city, and have kept my personal expenses relatively low while pulling every trick I could to cut my tax bills. I'm only slightly happier now than I was in college -- maybe a bit less so, knowing now now how difficult it is to really change anything -- but more financially secure. Along the way were various business startups, failures, betrayals, alliances, and a growing sense of distance from old friends and from other people in general -- a considerable amount of underlying loneliness. "Well I guess this is growing up."

Low fee mutual funds, retirement age targeted or index funds.

Things like crypto currency are INCREDIBLY speculative, and should make up a very small percentage of your investments. In general, you’re also it a money manager for one of the big investment banks - you don’t have the support systems, knowledge, or size to make lots of money day trading individual stocks. If you try, again, it should be a very small part of your mix.

This is helpful-- thank you. I've never been very good at relating to people, but I do think at times I was too egotistical when trying to prove myself in high-pressure roles. Maintaining a sense of humility seems valuable.

I agree with this fwiw. Also, try not to concentrate your holdings too much in the U.S. The world is a much bigger place now.

I try to keep in mind that I want the code to be good. I don’t care if it’s *my* line of code that hits production, I care that what we release is fucking GOOD.

I’ll argue for my solution if I think it’s the right one, but I always want to hear why somebody else thinks my solution isn’t good, or why theirs is better.

It’s hard to maintain at times - there’s always going to be some douchebag who just makes you want to murder, but if 95% of the office thinks you’re a cool dude who doesn’t afraid of anything, those other 5% come off as cranks.

Thanks user

> Low fee mutual funds, retirement age targeted or index funds

Could you explain this terminology a bit, I really only got into investing a few months ago. I currently only have a very small amount in these investments to test the water

Im also pretty young, 23. Im wanting to build up what is currently a pretty good financial situation for me

I'm making a little over 100k a year in the medical field but i hate it. gonna go back to school to be a mechanic.

money isnt everything. i rather do something i enjoy and get paid less than work a job i hate no matter how much money i make.

its true what they say money can't buy happiness.

Low fee mutual funds - exactly what it sounds like. Mutual funds that charge low fees. A mutual fund is a “bucket” of stocks. You and a bunch of other people kick in a share of money to the pool, and a manager uses that money to buy a bunch of individual stocks that are held in the mutual funds assets. The manager invests according to the stated fund strategy - blue chip, growth, international, sector focused, etc, there are literally hundreds of different strategies that come with varying risk and allocation profiles.

Retirement age targeted - a mutual fund strategy that adjusts its risk profile based o.ln an expected retirement date. If you’re planning to retire around 2050, the fund would be pretty aggressive (and risky) now, and would slowly adjust its investing style to be more conservative (less risky) as your retirement age approaches - early capital appreciation, late value preservation.

Index funds are another strategy, instead of active management, the fund simply invests in the components of a stock index - Dow industrial, s&p 500, nasdaq, etc. these tend to be ultra low fee, and can generally be expected to keep up with market performance. You won’t make market-breaking returns, but you also won’t take market breaking losses.