Originally Posted by 2Dogs
A good way to manage a 401k is start with at least enough to get all the company match. Then as you get raises , increase your contribution by 1/2 your raise amount . That way you're increasing 401k and take home. Pretty soon you'll have some serious $ in that 401k and you'll never miss it.

That's pretty much what we did, except we ended up giving our 401k's most of our raises. Like I would get a 5% raise and give my 401k a 4% increase.

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