Living On $270K A Year In Austin, Texas | Millennial Money

Clinton Stamper, 26, lives near Austin, Texas, and earns $270,000 a year as a software engineer at Google. Although he works in Austin, Clinton lives 30 minutes north of Austin in a town called Pflugerville. He owns a 5-bedroom, 4-bathroom house with his girlfriend, Lexi, and her sister, Katelin.

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Living On $270,000 A Year In Austin, Texas | Millennial Money

[alexisfollowill]

Hi this is the girlfriend. I wanted to make it clear that I am a senior at Arizona State University finishing my bachelors of science in Applied biological sciences. I have been with clinton before he had this much money, so I love him with or without money. We split all shared costs minus the mortgage (I offered to pay, but this was Clinton’s choice to help me cut cost while I am in school). My sister katelin is only 19 and just moved in with us a couple months ago to get out of the small town we grew up in for opportunities here in Austin. She plans to get her own place when she starts school in August. Clinton is very kind to let us help her start a healthy adult life.

The video does not explain our situation well, but It did explain how awesome clinton is. I am happy he can share his wonderful story. Thanks for watching.

[sammydelorenzi]

This dude was flexing on all of us with a Cat Taco shirt. What a legend

[larizg]

Very hard working and humble guy. We need more people like him in the world. I love how he's committed to help people get better from illnesses.

[maina]

Genuinely nice person, deserves all the success he have.

[ankanhalder]

His friend who advised him to take his coding hobby seriously deserves applause 👏

[ThrivingNotDying]

Is no one mentioning how top tier his shirt choices are?! What a distinguished gentleman! I hope his future and his salary continue to go up and up!

[BKFan]

All I can say is I'm happy the way life is going for this guy

[mbr]

At first I was kinda jealous (being 30, living in central Ohio and making $40k - aka paycheck to paycheck despite having a bachelor's degree 🙃), but he is such a genuine person! So smart, so fun, so realistic, so caring for his girlfriend, her sister, friends & loved ones -the list could go on and on. How can you not like this guy?! Plus the shirts are on point! And an OSU Buckeye?!

You deserve everything you have worked for & have ever dreamed of achieving!!! Thank you for the words of advice, Clinton! 😁👍🏼

[LisaDay]

I love how he speaks on his younger decisions that were not financially wise. It lets people know that you can learn from your mistakes and not everyone starts out financially literate.

[wilsonjudson]

You might not have a hundred million dollars to invest, but that doesn’t mean your money can’t share in the same opportunities available to others. You work hard for your money; make sure your money works hard for you.

[SantoineBethel]

These are the smart people we need to hear more of instead of these wannabe celebrities. Dude is investing and living way below his means, while people are commenting against him taking care of his woman and her sister. Great guy and thinks outside of the box.

[rianosherry]

I wonder what the best opportunities to invest now are, there are opinions but a little later I find out these opinions don't matter as a totally different turn of events play out with the stocks they discussed therein….

[IsaacC]

He adapted code for a tree-cutting bot to fish on runescape and sold it to friends for $30k in highschool. What a legend.

3 months of living expenses is kind of dicey for a guy with 630k mortgage. Bump it up to 12 months and he'd be bulletproof.

[mryes]

'spend quality time with my girlfriend and her *sister* who lives with us'
Gotcha

[nancyw]

I hit the like button as soon he explained the reason why he let's his two housemates live with him rent and utilities free. He's a good and generous man.

[danwojtowicz]

Clinton was my mentor when we both worked at Amazon. I feel so lucky to have been influenced by him... It was great to watch this video and see how he's doing now!

[azulaquaza]

People really underestimating Austin’s growth. City has over 40 skyscrapers planned for construction, billionaires and their companies setting up shop and moving every year, population is set to double by 2050. Im I’m DFW now but I hope Austin can get proper infrastructure to support the future and not just Houstonize building highway after highway after highway.

[yve]

He is so sweet. He’s the type of person I hope my young son grows up to be like.

[prettygirlus]

Is this guy really making a $270K annual salary as a software engineer? And he's only got 4 years of experience. In 1986, my first job out of college w/ a BSCS as a software engineer paid $27K at a large defense contractor in a northeast US metro area, and I thought I hit the lottery!

[skwad]

I really appreciate his honesty about all the topics. It's quite unusual nowadays. I wish him all the best.