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There's a lot of talk about work-life balance on HN, and I usually lean way towards the "life" end of the spectrum. For the last few years I've only been doing
by nathan_f77 9y ago
There's a lot of talk about work-life balance on HN, and I usually lean way towards the "life" end of the spectrum. For the last few years I've only been doing a couple of hours of paid work per day.
But yeah, I'd be happy to work 70 hour weeks for $3M per year.
- npsimons 9y ago> But yeah, I'd be happy to work 70 hour weeks for $3M per year. I think I might compromise to work 70 hour weeks for $3m for one year. The trick is, you don't get to pick when that year happens, and there's actually a lot of build up to get to where you're worth $3m a year. There's a couple of Paul Graham essays with this as one of their themes: http://paulgraham.com/wealth.html http://paulgraham.com/wealth.html http://paulgraham.com/start.html http://paulgraham.com/start.html I love the idea, but I don't think I'm good enough to pull it off, and I don't like the odds.
- classybull 9y agoWell, for at least a single year. I mean.. Work twice as hard for one year, and get paid close to what I can reasonably expect to make in 20.. yea, seems like a no brainer.
- jrs235 9y agoDitto. I'd be happy to that for 6-12 months. :) Then I'd work on whatever I wanted thereafter.