Although I agree that all of these are challenges, I don’t really believe they’re enough to undermine the basic case. It’s not unusual in high-paying industries for some people to make several times as much as their colleagues. So there’s potentially lots of room to have higher consumption than you would working at a nonprofit while also giving away more than half your salary.
Empirically my impression is also that people who went into earning to give early tended to stay giving later in their careers 10+ years later; although that’s anecdotal rather than data-driven.
Although I agree that all of these are challenges, I don’t really believe they’re enough to undermine the basic case. It’s not unusual in high-paying industries for some people to make several times as much as their colleagues. So there’s potentially lots of room to have higher consumption than you would working at a nonprofit while also giving away more than half your salary.
Empirically my impression is also that people who went into earning to give early tended to stay giving later in their careers 10+ years later; although that’s anecdotal rather than data-driven.