What retirement accounts are you investing in, and when did you start?

Waddup playas,

Self-explanatory title. I'm graduating soon, and am trying to gauge what the popular approaches to savings are. Which retirement accounts did you invest in first, on avg how much $/yr, and what did you eventually transition into investing in + when?

Pls help a brotha try to build his net worth. Thank ya.

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