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Is the 40 year old comfortable taking the same salary as an early/mid career dev? Therein lies the rub.

• indemnity 9y ago
  Yep, that’s it entirely. In your 20s it’s super easy to take a lot of risks, what do you have to lose? When I was 20 I decided over coffee to move to the other side of the world. Had some savings, not a lot but just did it. Now, at 37, there’s a mortgage to pay and a family to support. I don’t have the runway to do two or three years of low pay again to switch to another field. I am aggressive paying that down though, so that I have this option in my 40s.