making $500K but still a bargain hunter in the bay

You’d think making $500K in the Bay Area means living large—yeah, no. I share a Palo Alto apartment with two roommates and hunt Trader Joe’s discount bread like it’s gold. My $200 Uber Eats credit? Stretched into $10 lunches for weeks. Whole Foods? Only if Amazon Fresh shaves off 50 cents. Even dates are strategically planned around free parking spots. And my Tesla? Runs on my company’s free Supercharger. Rich? Maybe on paper. In reality? Just a highly optimized budgeter. #costofliving #techlife