Yes, if all those miracles come true that lottery winner can retire early, but I don’t think that is a broadly applicable plan.
And Seattle is probably a much better place with respect to taxes and cost of living. Most other cities where FAANG will employ are fine. Don't have to be #1 to win.
Still a lottery winner with respect to the global employment market. But if you graduated with a US software engineering degree, you can make this happen.
After working in a 4k person org, I don’t think I could stomach working at another giant company.
EDIT: There are some people here who claim you can earn that kind of money outside the US, but they never give details when pressed, or describe some kind of very specific set of life circumstances you will never be able to replicate.
I invest 3.8k CHF / month from base only. All in all, I save ~100k CHF a year counting bonus and stocks.