Anonymous wrote:30 and 32 - a year and a half ago Both professional services and focused on saving everything we didn't need. About to have first child and DH will shift down into an in-hoise job with less hours/pay but more impact (and time for the family!).

I did the same. I hit $2M at 30. Half was from saving like a fiend and investing wisely. The other half was from selling a part of a company I started.

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But reading these posts, no wonder the rest of the country thinks D.C. and Feds are entitled and live in a bubble.

Feds here are entitled. Whining about having to take a week of unpaid vacation that's timed to be in the summer and/or around other holidays to minimize the inconvenience.. and for which they might even get backpay... gimme a break. Everywhere else in the country, if a company cuts costs, you loose your job.

I'm 36, as is my partner, and we're a long way from $1mil. I hate the suggestion that being frugal and disciplined is all it takes. We are frugal and disciplined, always have been. But we don't make enough. Housing is expensive. We don't have children. We are both well educated and were very practical in our decisions.

At some point, you have to admit that luck comes in to play. Even timing, in many ways, is luck, as Baby Boomers who purchased in the D.C. area before it became the "it" place around the early 2000's lucked out as far as real estate goes.

But reading these posts, no wonder the rest of the country thinks D.C. and Feds are entitled and live in a bubble.