Unless you overspend too much, saving currently it's likely a portion of what you'd be earning in several years.
(Assuming some IT field, due to the nature of hacker news)
Yes, I work for a tech company that pays me well with a lot of room for growth and I realize that this is very early days.
I've considered this before, but it feels very unnatural to bet on my compensation increasing drastically even though I can see that it's very possible if not likely.