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I help tech workers reach Financial Independence. I write about going from FAANG to FIRE, investing, personal finance, financial independence, avocados, and helping others reach FIRE. After a decade at Meta I am now semi-🔥. Click to read FAANG FIRE, by Andre Nader, a Substack publication with ten

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2026 16

  1. Meta’s 2027 RSU Cliff: Nearly $200,000 Less a Year
  2. What Will I Do When I Retire?
  3. Just Do Your Backdoor Roth Already
  4. The 95% Boring Path To FIRE
  5. Back After the Summer Break
  6. Experimenting With Spending More
  7. I Built the FAANG FIRE Bundle I Wish I Had
  8. My Direct Indexing Experience (Year 2)
  9. Meta Layoff Breakdown May 2026
  10. Will AI File My Taxes Next Year?
  11. The 3 Year + 75% Confidence Rule For Home Buying
  12. Layoff Uncertainty at Meta
  13. Live with Andre Nader
  14. Funding My Daughter’s College
  15. 2026 RSU Dashboard and Total Compensation Tracker
  16. Plan your 2026: Triple Paychecks & Contribution Limits

2025 30

  1. The Crossover Point: Passing the 50% Growth Milestone
  2. Front Loading Your 401k: A 15-Year Backtest
  3. Your Life in Weeks
  4. End-of-Year Planning: Backdoor Roths, Preventing Tax Surprises and Penalties, Giving Stuff Away
  5. I Still Have My Meta 401k
  6. Getting my cash in order
  7. Tax Strategies for Dealing With Concentrated FAANG Positions
  8. Optimizing 401ks When You Change Jobs Mid-Year
  9. Stuck on Level 4 of "The Wealth Ladder"?
  10. Tax Impact Per Share:Before You Sell RSUs, Know This Number
  11. Not Advice Podcast
  12. Happy Triple Paycheck Month!
  13. Pro-Rata Rule & Backdoor Roth IRAs Simplified
  14. How the OBBB Impacts High Earning FAANG Employees
  15. My Health Wasn't FIRE-Ready
  16. You Don't Need a Side Hustle
  17. Is ChatGPT Wrong? Do RSU Vests Trigger Wash Sales Part 2
  18. Does RSU Vesting Impact Wash Sales?
  19. Andre's Monthly Roundup - April 2025
  20. FIRE in San Francisco: Updated Projections After Taxes, Social Security, and Housing Scenarios
  21. FAANG FIRE w/ Extra Guac: A Free Year of ProjectionLab, Sequence, Mezzi, Lunch Money, and a 1:1 Coaching Session
  22. April Tariff Tumble Reactions
  23. Meta Eng RSU Pay Stub Breakdown
  24. The Cash Flow Waterfall
  25. Meta Drops RSU Refreshers 10% or More
  26. Learning to Stop Hating Ramit Sethi
  27. Direct Indexing Experiment Update
  28. Simplification of My Financial Accounts
  29. Total Compensation and RSU Dashboard 2025
  30. 2025 FAANG FIRE Cheat Sheet

2024 31

  1. Closing the Financial Door on 2024
  2. Dear High Paid W2 Tech Worker,
  3. Happy Vesting + RSU Workshop
  4. Estimating Your 2024 Tax Bill
  5. You Need an Estate Plan
  6. 15k Subscriber Live Q&A Friday!
  7. Meta Benefits, RSU Details, 401k Match, and more
  8. The FAANG FIRE Audience Insights
  9. FAANG FIRE Book Club
  10. Reader Analytics Survey + Book Club
  11. HSAs are 🔥: Health Savings Accounts for Early Retirement
  12. Volatility Is Back on the Menu
  13. A "Real" Summer.
  14. My Investment Rebalancing Process
  15. Advanced Direct Indexing With Tax Loss Harvesting Using Frec
  16. The Marriage Penalty Impacting FAANG
  17. Where to Put $100k in Savings Per Year
  18. Mega Backdoor Roth IRAs & 401k True Ups
  19. Your RSU Questions Answered
  20. How Much is Enough to FIRE in San Francisco?
  21. The 3 Tax Mistakes That Could Cost You Thousands
  22. How Much We Spend as a Family in San Francisco
  23. FIRE Lessons From ex-AMZN Director Dave Anderson
  24. Officially Semi-FIRE'd!
  25. Strategies for Diversifying Away from FAANG+ Company Stock
  26. Fertility Benefits in Tech: Double Lines
  27. Dividends Are Not Free Money
  28. Don’t Ruin Your FIRE Strategy with International Tax Compliance Issues
  29. FAANG RSU Vesting Resources
  30. My 2024 FIRE Goals and Mission Statement
  31. RSU Based Total Compensation Dashboard 2024

2023 32

  1. Andre's End of Year Tasks 2023
  2. EOY Tax Estimator (Avoid the April Surprise)
  3. Best Mint Alternatives: Free & Paid Options
  4. FAANG RSU Increases Driving Total Comp Recovery
  5. What the 4% Rule Actually Says
  6. The Severance Chronicles Ends
  7. Does the Day You Sell Your RSU Vest Matter?
  8. FIRE Planning While on Visa
  9. My Asset Allocation & Asset Location
  10. The Mid-Year Check In - Meets All Expectations
  11. Every Accepted Job Offer Letter on My Path to Facebook
  12. Beware of Unknown Concentration Risk
  13. FAANG FIRE Monthly Live: June 9th, 2023
  14. The Severance Chronicles: Week 1
  15. Severance FIRE? #metalayoffs
  16. How to Approach Selling RSUs and Dealing With Wash Sales
  17. My 9 Year Metaversary Reflections
  18. New Podcast + Join me on Notes
  19. Compensation Philosophies: Your Help Needed
  20. My San Francisco Plans and Q1 Progress Against Goals
  21. Backdoor Roth Step by Step Walkthrough
  22. Silicon Valley Bank Failure; FDIC & SIPC Explained
  23. Triple Paycheck Month 2023 + California Tax Delay
  24. Selling All My RSUs on Vest
  25. Projecting Your Total Compensation Including RSUs
  26. February Quick Hits: RSU Vests, Tax Tips, and a Sneak Peak at a Total Compensation Dash
  27. Live Q&A Today 12-1PM PST
  28. Friday FIRE-Side Chat & Q&A
  29. 401k Contribution Strategies: Front Loading, Getting Let Go, Bonus Heavy
  30. Step 3: A Tiered Approach to Emergency Funds
  31. My Financial Plan Step 2: Estimating Your Tax Bill
  32. The Ten Steps for a Financially Successful Year

2022 26

  1. Is Tax Loss Harvesting a Waste of Time?
  2. RSU Dashboard and Equity Compensation Tracker
  3. RSU Dashboard Feedback Needed
  4. Meta Layoff Week Reflections
  5. FAANG Earnings Week Woes
  6. FIRE Friday Thread
  7. Financially Optimizing Mid-Year Job Changes
  8. How a 2021 New Hire is Doing in 2022
  9. FAANG FIRE Privacy Policy
  10. Inflation Reduction Act Impact on Tech Workers
  11. Q2 Earnings and Supplemental Taxes on RSU Vests
  12. The Great Tech Salary Crash
  13. Actions to Take in a Bear Market + Personal Updates
  14. Tracking Everything I Wore For 1 Year
  15. Holding Vested Stock vs Diversification Look back
  16. Beware of Trying to Catch the Bottom
  17. Approaching Shared Finances as a Couple
  18. Meta's Best Perk: The 5 Year Recharge
  19. February 2022 Spend Report
  20. My "Enough" Number
  21. I Sold All My Meta Shares Last Week
  22. What City Do You Move To for Remote Work or FIRE?
  23. The Real Cost of a FAANG Relocation from California
  24. Shocked by Your Tax Bill?
  25. FIRE Acronyms Defined
  26. FIRE = TIME

2021 10

  1. The 5 Financial Steps to Take Before Year End
  2. What Topics Are You Interested in from me?
  3. Build Back Better Impact on FIRE for FAANG Workers
  4. New Grad FAANG Engineer's Path to FIRE Year 3 and Beyond
  5. Year 2 of The New Grad FAANG Engineer's Path to FIRE
  6. Year 1 of The New Grad FAANG Engineer's Path to FIRE
  7. The New Grad FAANG Engineer's Path to FIRE
  8. FAANG Death Benefits
  9. A Product Growth Approach to Financial Independence
  10. The Analysis into Leaving San Francisco