<prompt> Human: Im 22 and just got a job with 401k matching. Yay! But something stuck out to me about the company matching and how much is it worth. The company will match 100 of the first 3 of my contributions. That part I will definitely put in since its free money.Then the second part says that the company will match 50 of the next 2 of my contributions. Im 90 sure I will definitely do this contribution as well since it is free money despite being 50 only. But I just wanted PFs advice on whether this is worth it.Should I put in that extra 2 for the 50 matching? Or, at my age, should I be putting the money else where? I want to buy a new car as my current one is older than I am and it will eventually die. But at the same token, I dont want to shoot myself in the foot by not making this 2 contribution. I do understand that retirement savings like this compounds and the sooner I start, the better.  <response>: It is a guaranteed 50 return. You wont find that elsewhere. 