You could do the same thing working at google, but instead of making $108k USD&#x2F;yr, you would make +$250k&#x2F;yr USD.  Your time to target savings number would be greatly reduced.  Then you can leverage that into a remote work position as you work from home in some cheap country.<p>You can also buy a condo in las vegas for $50k USD too. You still have a developed country where you can speak the language and the bay area is a cheap one hour flight when you need to get more work.