He's working full time as an engineer, and living life. Not only that but it's safe to assume his expenses are way lower than 90% of us here.
Is it because he isn't in crazy debt 'owning' a house, and 'owning' a nice car, married with a kid? What is there to catch up to him?
I would agree with you if he was just bumming about living off ramen and working random part time jobs that 13 year olds could have, but he isn't.