He Turned His FAANG Salary Into Early Retirement - Andre Nader

He spent nearly a decade at Meta, got laid off, looked at his accounts, and realized he never had to go back. Three years into semi-FIRE, Andre Nader writes the FAANG FIRE Substack — helping tech workers turn equity compensation and high income into financial independence and optionality.In today's episode, Andre breaks down the full FAANG FIRE framework: how to calculate your enough number using the 33x rule, why your RSU selling strategy is probably emotional rather than mechanical, the tax misconception that keeps tech workers holding stock longer than they should, and why the biggest obstacle to FIRE isn't the math — it's giving yourself permission to spend.🔔 Please Subscribe and Hit the Bell: https://www.youtube.com/@NavigatingWealthPodcast?sub_confirmation=1Discover More From Long Angle👉 YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@NavigatingWealthPodcast👉 Beyond Wealth Newsletter: https://langle.co/bwnews👉 Research & Studies: https://www.longangle.com/research━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━Resources & Links👥 Become a Member: longangle.com/navigatingwealth📤 Get Episode Release Notifications: https://www.longangle.com/navigating-wealth-podcast━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━Socials💼 LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/long-angle🅧 Twitter/X: https://x.com/LongAngleHNW📸 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/longanglehnw/📘 Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/longanglehnwLong Angle is a private, vetted global community of accomplished entrepreneurs, executives and professionals who have reached meaningful financial milestones and want to navigate wealth with peers who understand their challenges, opportunities, responsibilities and ambitions.Hosted by the founders of the Long Angle community, Navigating Wealth explores how experienced investors, founders and operators approach the real questions wealth creates, from private markets and capital allocation to business exits and life design.