> Particularly at FANG/startups that have exited, they can "FIRE" after less than 10 years of working. I know many people in this category.

Less than 10? I would need to know more details on this before believing it at face value. Say a FANG person makes 300k/year on average over 8 years.

That's 2.4 million pre-tax, something like 1.4M post-tax, and not enough for FIRE for most people.

Maybe if someone was early in a startup that had a massive exit, sure. But that definitely doesn't describe the typical FIRE person/FAANG worker/etc.