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If you're doing it because you love it, then you should consider that joy/satisfaction as part of the comp package. A lot (most?) high-paying jobs are high-payi
by aianus 10y ago
If you're doing it because you love it, then you should consider that joy/satisfaction as part of the comp package. A lot (most?) high-paying jobs are high-paying because people don't love doing them and they involve a lot of sacrifice. That's why they call it 'compensation'.
- llamataboot 10y agoThen maybe we should have a reverse auction for jobs? I can pretty much guarantee you'll need to pay more for someone to work in a mine than to push pencils in an office, for example. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Participatory_economics#Balanced_job_complexes https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Participatory_economics#Balanc...
- vacri 10y ago> A lot (most?) high-paying jobs are high-paying because people don't love doing them That must be why call-center workers are all on six figures? Seriously, the people who least like their jobs are not the high-wagers, but the minimum-wagers.
- aianus 10y agoIt's stratified by your skillset of course. But within the same skillset, the higher paying jobs are usually the crappier jobs (longer hours, more stress, more physical discomfort, less job security, seasonal, etc.)