I'm actually slightly surprised Kent Beck is not financially independent at 60. I would have assumed he had gotten some equity somewhere along the way that would have had a big upside.
He says that if you ask any of them how much money they need, they will consistently tell you they need about 1/3rd more than they have. It's a phenomena of psychology not material well being.
We are on the Hacker News forum. We probably all do well in a relative sense, but will probably all go to our grave with goals ahead.
"World oldest man"
It never stops, for sure in the back of his mind he has the goal of delaying death as much as he possibly can (for obvious reasons) and on top of that it means more time to achieve goals that he has in mind (which will inevitably be measured monetarily)
There's really not that much added utility going from say $10M to $100M. And if you didn't see that and stop accumulating, you're more worried about having more than others than having enough. Or you really want to win the America's cup or own a private jet rather than slumming it on charters.
That's more about luck than hard work and good ideas.
Or even just negotiated the level of salary that invested in a safe index fund would mean money wouldn't be a problem once hitting no penalty IRA withdrawal age.
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