<prompt> Human: How old were you when you crossed the mark? Can you give us some general information about your profession and a synopsis of your life and career? Also, what investment and retirement options routes have you taken. I know this net worth is not that uncommon for couples that have worked most of their life. Please only honest stories, also. ThanksAlso, may be nice for those that are approaching this goal to write in.  <response>: 42 year old here. Married, with two kids. Most recent updraft in the stock market has put us just over 1M. Dual income just recently, peak annual income is our current 120k, 90 of which is probably my income as an engineer.Fortunate factors: graduated college with no debt; marketable technical skills only a couple months of unemployment in the last 20 years; live in a low cost of living state Texas; good savings rate; two 13 year old cars and a modest 150k paid-off house; good health knock on wood.Investments are primarily equity mutual funds Vanguard index funds, of course, which has been brutal occasionally 2001, 2008 but so far has always bounced back. 