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Bayou Tiger 
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| re: At what age did you reach the $50K and $100K mark in your 401(K)? (Posted on 2/1/13 at 11:54 am to TulaneUVA)
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Y'all need to check out this thread.
Some people in that OT thread calling out "liars" are pretty mad and not familiar with the oil industry. 
When I worked for Chevron they put in 8 percent if you put in 2 percent (I was single so I put in 15), and other companies probably had similar deals. And I started before the salary boom.
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jimbeam
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Patrick F. Taylor
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| re: At what age did you reach the $50K and $100K mark in your 401(K)? (Posted on 2/1/13 at 11:55 am to Bayou Tiger)
Damn!
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homeskillet 
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Huntsville, AL
Member since Dec 2011
214 posts
| re: At what age did you reach the $50K and $100K mark in your 401(K)? (Posted on 2/1/13 at 12:06 pm to stendulkar)
50k about 28, will hit 100k and then some this year. My company match is pretty sick right now (15% regardless of my contributions, which I max)
Edit: am 30, turning 31 this year.
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Fat Bastard 
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| re: At what age did you reach the $50K and $100K mark in your 401(K)? (Posted on 2/1/13 at 12:14 pm to homeskillet)
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My company match is pretty sick right now (15% regardless of my contributions, which I max)
wow. that is great.
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Athanatos 
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| re: At what age did you reach the $50K and $100K mark in your 401(K)? (Posted on 2/1/13 at 12:18 pm to stendulkar)
19 months on at my current job and right at $29k in my 401k. Small piece of overall asset allocation though.
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BROffshoreTigerFan 
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Youngsville
Member since Oct 2007
9131 posts
| re: At what age did you reach the $50K and $100K mark in your 401(K)? (Posted on 2/1/13 at 12:53 pm to homeskillet)
My company offers the same match. One year in their plan and already at 30k.
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ItNeverRains
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Franklin, TN
Member since Oct 2007
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| re: At what age did you reach the $50K and $100K mark in your 401(K)? (Posted on 2/1/13 at 4:28 pm to ItNeverRains)
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30 for 100k, then again at 34
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30 i'd guess, although lost a bit of that in the crash. now 36 got 150k in IRA and another 20k in HSA.
If another thread is started, my answers will mirror these two previous ones given
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jimbeam
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| re: At what age did you reach the $50K and $100K mark in your 401(K)? (Posted on 2/1/13 at 4:31 pm to BROffshoreTigerFan)
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One year in their plan and already at 30k.
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stendulkar
LSU Fan
Member since Aug 2012
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| re: At what age did you reach the $50K and $100K mark in your 401(K)? (Posted on 2/1/13 at 5:55 pm to CptRusty)
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50k @ 30
Started working at 25. Only contributed 5% for the first few year
Wish I would have maxed out earlier.
All three of your points apply to my own personal situation also. I went to grad school straight after my undergrad and was 25 by the time I started working. I didn't contribute as much as I could have the first few years because I had racked up so much student loans and was to paying it off. By the time I realized my mistake of not contributing the maximum every year, I had lost a few years. At least I know better now.
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TEAUXLER
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League City, TX
Member since Jan 2010
412 posts
| re: At what age did you reach the $50K and $100K mark in your 401(K)? (Posted on 2/1/13 at 8:25 pm to CptRusty)
Age 34
401k $210,000 started in October 2002
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Cholo 
Arkansas Fan
El Paso, Texas
Member since Oct 2012
962 posts
| re: At what age did you reach the $50K and $100K mark in your 401(K)? (Posted on 2/1/13 at 8:28 pm to TEAUXLER)
Some motherfrickin ballers on this site. Got 47k in my TSP and 11k in my ROTH but I'm also gonna have a pension at 43 as long as I don't get thrown out of the Army. Wish I had started a ROTH sooner.
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peopleschamp 
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| re: At what age did you reach the $50K and $100K mark in your 401(K)? (Posted on 2/2/13 at 10:17 am to stendulkar)
Some of you guys haven't hit a huge downturn in the market yet. It also looks like some of you started investing when the market was down. I can see your optimism. My experience is most companies offer limited choices in their 401Ks. If you have the knowledge like some of the guys on this Money Board do then invest in a Roth IRA where your investment options are limitless. You can still invest the company minimum to get your match but if all your money is in a company sponsored 401K you will likely feel a market downturn. That's just my opinion as an old timer. Good luck.
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siliconvalleytiger
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Northern California
Member since Apr 2004
19910 posts
| re: At what age did you reach the $50K and $100K mark in your 401(K)? (Posted on 2/2/13 at 12:01 pm to stendulkar)
100k around age 27. I actually forgot about it and then logged in to check and went woaaah. Mid 30s now.
stendulkar huh? Sounds like a cricket fan.
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TulaneUVA 
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| re: At what age did you reach the $50K and $100K mark in your 401(K)? (Posted on 2/2/13 at 4:55 pm to Bayou Tiger)
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Some people in that OT thread calling out "liars" are pretty mad and not familiar with the oil industry.
Yep, just cause they majored in some liberal arts or some shit, they can't imagine how this is possible
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JonTheTigerFan
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Zachary, LA
Member since Nov 2003
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| re: At what age did you reach the $50K and $100K mark in your 401(K)? (Posted on 2/2/13 at 9:01 pm to TulaneUVA)
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Yep, just cause they majored in some liberal arts or some shit, they can't imagine how this is possible
No joke. I see people at work all the time who barely finished high school, retiring with $2 million in their 401k and cashing out a huge lump sum pension.
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Powerman
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Corpus Christi, TX
Member since Jan 2004
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| re: At what age did you reach the $50K and $100K mark in your 401(K)? (Posted on 2/3/13 at 7:49 am to polizei11)
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I'm at 34k at 24. Bought a house last June. Had 5k in my 401k from internships in June 2011. Should hit 100k at 26-27.
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Powerman
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Corpus Christi, TX
Member since Jan 2004
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| re: At what age did you reach the $50K and $100K mark in your 401(K)? (Posted on 2/3/13 at 8:10 am to JonTheTigerFan)
I'm in the oilfield with a contractor
Their 401K plan looks terrible
No match at all. I can't contribute till I make a year there (July) so I've maxed out my IRA in the meantime. (Still need to put in 5500 for tax year 2013)
I'm not sure how much I'm going to contribute to their 401K plan. Part of me thinks it's wise to do the 15% if I can afford it but it's not like I get anything other than the tax benefit. I'll assess my financial situation when the time comes. If I have a big enough cash reserve in short term savings I'll go 15%
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pleading the fifth 
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| re: At what age did you reach the $50K and $100K mark in your 401(K)? (Posted on 2/3/13 at 8:39 am to stendulkar)
0K at 30. Just finished residency last June and can't contribute for a year. Hopefully I'll catch up.
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homeskillet
Alabama Fan
Huntsville, AL
Member since Dec 2011
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| re: At what age did you reach the $50K and $100K mark in your 401(K)? (Posted on 2/4/13 at 11:10 am to peopleschamp)
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Some of you guys haven't hit a huge downturn in the market yet. It also looks like some of you started investing when the market was down. I can see your optimism. My experience is most companies offer limited choices in their 401Ks. If you have the knowledge like some of the guys on this Money Board do then invest in a Roth IRA where your investment options are limitless. You can still invest the company minimum to get your match but if all your money is in a company sponsored 401K you will likely feel a market downturn. That's just my opinion as an old timer. Good luck.
Correct on my part. I got out of the service in 08 and started then, so the largest portion of my contributions came after the market started up (not intentional, just the way it worked). And correct again on the options, I like the Vanguard approach. The best I have in my 401k account is a S&P 500 index fund. It has a low expense ratio and beat the rest of the options the last 2 years. I have been begging our benefits department to switch us over to Vanguard, but no luck yet. Until then, I am just keeping it in the index fund and limiting what I give the brokers.
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