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[quote=Anonymous]Totally doable if you set your life up that way. Was a biglaw associate in NYC. I lived in NYC for 8 yrs for roughly 60-70k/yr. That still meant living in midtown in a doorman/elevator building in a studio, but not a luxury new construction apartment that would've cost 4000+/month. Other than that it all went to expenses -- double payments on loans (75k - didn't rush to pay them off as they were sub 3% but didn't want to drag them out for 30 yrs either); utilities/cell; lots of eating out (almost exclusively actually); a few vacations but none that were lavish or international.

When you're making a comp of say 250k+ and living on 60-70k -- that's 60k-ish/yr of savings/investments AFTER maxing out a 401k. It adds up fast. And all of this was done single, so no partner/DH income to help. What you're looking to do is totally plausible and it's good that you're thinking of it early on. I personally didn't crack a 7 figure NW in my 8 yrs in biglaw but got it a few yrs later on a gov't salary due to the framework I had set up in biglaw.[/quote]

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