Ask HN: Software Engineer hitting 40: what's next?
I think after you are 35 you don&#x27;t want to see progression in salary but in life quality.<p>Of course unless you were terribly underpaid or you spent all the money on whatever...<p>I am going to be 35 this year and I was working on FIRE - while I cannot really drop the job for the rest of my life. I think I have enough, like flat with no mortgage in quite OK place so I don&#x27;t have to spend most of my salary on renting. Now I am looking into cutting my hours, because with my current rate working 4 days I still could save money.<p>I will probably stick with current company as long as possible because I hate interviews and then if I will have to I will take whatever job will be there if things go south.<p>But that is me I like low fuss life, keep it small and steady. Happy that I can get some beers over the weekend and play with some raspberry PI. No need to get a sports car at all  :)