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At 23 I was less than one year married and working at a textbook publisher for $8 per hour. It was an ok job, I guess. It got me into CS, so I'll be forever gra
by msg 16y ago
At 23 I was less than one year married and working at a textbook publisher for $8 per hour. It was an ok job, I guess. It got me into CS, so I'll be forever grateful.
But I was going nowhere. It took me a while to find what I really cared about.
Let me give you a hint. Anyone who cares about money as an end in itself has not really thought the thing out.
Now at almost 30, I have satisfying, challenging work. My wife doesn't have to work because we live on my salary. My son is six and happy. I'm paying off the grad school debt and the mortgage that happened in between. And I have some inkling about what I'll do next.
Figure out some purpose in life. It's an investment that will pay off way better than VBA macros.
- oz 16y agoI don't really want money just for its own sake. The freedom, the possibilities are what I'm really after. And I think money makes that a lot easier.
- msg 16y agoI suppose I buy that money is a kind of gateway. But what does it open into? What freedom? What possibilities? If you begin with the end in mind, you'll have a reason to suffer for the money to buy the freedom you want. Without it you'll just dream about dreaming.