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For some people you are correct. They will not turn down more money. After a certain point in your career you realize that money does not buy happiness, and i

by kemiller2002 9y ago

For some people you are correct. They will not turn down more money. After a certain point in your career you realize that money does not buy happiness, and it certainly does not buy you more time. As people get older and have families etc., people begin to realize that going home at a reasonable hour is much more important than extra money.

mohaine 9y ago
If you are working massive hours you need a massive salary to make up for it or you are not getting well compensated. If you are working 60 hours a week you better be making 50% extra (or get 50% time off at a later data) or you are NOT making good money.
hood_syntax 9y ago
That 200k extra means 2 years of not having to work, whether it's now or some time in the future. Not having to work means having more time to spend on myself and with people whose company I enjoy. Money is literally exchangeable for time.
- kemiller2002 9y ago
  Sure you can gamble that after spending a year working for that money you can make up for what you missed. It's possible, or you realize that as you get older, things get more difficult to do. Say you find out that you have arthritis and what you could do 2 years ago, you can't really do now. Maybe you find out that during that year of extra hours was when your daughter got cancer, and she's going to die within the next 6 months. You never get more time, you're just hoping the free time you have later makes up for what you're not doing now. The problem is that a lot of people never make it to later.
notyourday 9y ago
> As people get older and have families etc., people begin to realize that going home at a reasonable hour is much more important than extra money. As people get older and have a family they start realizing that they were morons when in their twenties and thirties they did anything other than get boatload of extra money because when you are old, it is money that is needed to optimize time.
billmalarky 9y ago
>money does not buy happiness, True. Once a certain threshold is met. > and it certainly does not buy you more time False. Money buys a lot of time. An extra $XX,000 a year invested will have you living off your capital instead of work after Y years. The moment you go from working for someone else to being supported by your wealth you just bought 50% of your waking life back.
- kemiller2002 9y ago
  Tell that to Randy Pausch.

mohaine 9y ago

If you are working massive hours you need a massive salary to make up for it or you are not getting well compensated. If you are working 60 hours a week you better be making 50% extra (or get 50% time off at a later data) or you are NOT making good money.

hood_syntax 9y ago

That 200k extra means 2 years of not having to work, whether it's now or some time in the future. Not having to work means having more time to spend on myself and with people whose company I enjoy. Money is literally exchangeable for time.

kemiller2002 9y ago
Sure you can gamble that after spending a year working for that money you can make up for what you missed. It's possible, or you realize that as you get older, things get more difficult to do. Say you find out that you have arthritis and what you could do 2 years ago, you can't really do now. Maybe you find out that during that year of extra hours was when your daughter got cancer, and she's going to die within the next 6 months. You never get more time, you're just hoping the free time you have later makes up for what you're not doing now. The problem is that a lot of people never make it to later.

notyourday 9y ago

> As people get older and have families etc., people begin to realize that going home at a reasonable hour is much more important than extra money. As people get older and have a family they start realizing that they were morons when in their twenties and thirties they did anything other than get boatload of extra money because when you are old, it is money that is needed to optimize time.

billmalarky 9y ago

>money does not buy happiness, True. Once a certain threshold is met. > and it certainly does not buy you more time False. Money buys a lot of time. An extra $XX,000 a year invested will have you living off your capital instead of work after Y years. The moment you go from working for someone else to being supported by your wealth you just bought 50% of your waking life back.

kemiller2002 9y ago
Tell that to Randy Pausch.