High paying job with fast growth

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My goal for years has been to get to financial independence as quickly as possible. I'm 30 and work in tech, and have a useful skillset to build something on my own. I was planning to do this in my late 20s, but I joined a company that both pays top of band and rewards high performers quite well. My total compensation has gone up almost 6X since I started, and will likely continue at that trajectory. For context, i'm at around 650k right now. There is *plenty* of room still to grow.

I know that I'm still giving away my time (and likely health), but it feels increasingly hard to walk away from what feels like a rocketship. I'm wondering if there are any other folks that were in high paying high growth corporate situations, and chose to walk away. Could this be a situation where continuing to slog away is still the right path forward?

 

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[Strm]

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Vjisi't pu sami vjev iwiszupi tjuamf raov vjios kuc. Ov't katv nutv ug at fup'v moli uas kuct epf xi fup'v hiv qeof tu nadj. Vji raitvoup ot, esi zua iydovif ecuav zuas fez op vji nuspoph? Og puv, zua tjuamf djephi tunivjoph.

 

[Kid]

Miewi zuas kuc xjip zua xomm jewi wisogoif catopitt vu miewi vu.

 

[FierceRacoon]

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