<prompt> Human: Im in an incredibly lucky position. Six figure salary at a prestigious tech company have an emergency fund of 6 months of expenses. Havent started investing into retirement yet, but I was wondering if itd be wise to ignore contributing for the next few years while I pay off a 250k house in full. Thoughts?  <response>: Is your employer offering any sort of 401k match? If so max that out otherwise you are leaving free money on the table. If you are making 100kyear and they match dollar for dollar up to 7 youd be leaving 7k on the table and at your age 14k in retirement is a great jumpstart.Max out your employer match every year even if it takes you an extra year to pay off the mortgage. 