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Meh. The older and more experienced I get the more I realize I work to put food in the table and to pay for my life outside. Working for “passion” is for suck

Meh. The older and more experienced I get the more I realize I work to put food in the table and to pay for my life outside. Working for “passion” is for suckers. As the dude in that one YouTube video about consulting says, fuck you. Pay me. Pay me what market rate is and don’t give me sob stories about passion or making sacrifices to work on some life changing BS. Pay me.

b1daly 9y ago
Pay you for what? I don’t think many red blooded Americans resent leaders of companies that are kicking ass, reaping the rewards. What’s eating away the civic fabric are those who put their own self interest above everyone else. Once you get up into the millions in compensation, I don’t think the concern is that the poor naive CEO is being exploited by working for less than the absolute most they can get. Especially when the level of pay is so high, that it disproportionately impacts the bottom line. I’m sorry, this primacy of market and money above all is sickening.
vinceguidry 9y ago
The ability to command market salary often depends on your willingness to move for a job. The labor market is not like the stock market. So if you're supporting a family you may want a new approach for thinking about your career.
- toomuchtodo 9y ago
  I'm supporting a family on a semi-remote job (work from anywhere, employer covers my airfare to our offices as needed), and when I unexpectedly parted ways with my previous employer last year, I doubled my compensation in 2 weeks. "F* you, pay me" is a legitimate operating philosophy as an employee when your skills are in demand. Also important to live below your means and have a 1+ year runway of savings to enable you to negotiate from a position of power, but that's a conversation for another thread. Better said above, "Working for “passion” is for suckers."

b1daly 9y ago

Pay you for what? I don’t think many red blooded Americans resent leaders of companies that are kicking ass, reaping the rewards. What’s eating away the civic fabric are those who put their own self interest above everyone else. Once you get up into the millions in compensation, I don’t think the concern is that the poor naive CEO is being exploited by working for less than the absolute most they can get. Especially when the level of pay is so high, that it disproportionately impacts the bottom line. I’m sorry, this primacy of market and money above all is sickening.

vinceguidry 9y ago

The ability to command market salary often depends on your willingness to move for a job. The labor market is not like the stock market. So if you're supporting a family you may want a new approach for thinking about your career.

toomuchtodo 9y ago
I'm supporting a family on a semi-remote job (work from anywhere, employer covers my airfare to our offices as needed), and when I unexpectedly parted ways with my previous employer last year, I doubled my compensation in 2 weeks. "F* you, pay me" is a legitimate operating philosophy as an employee when your skills are in demand. Also important to live below your means and have a 1+ year runway of savings to enable you to negotiate from a position of power, but that's a conversation for another thread. Better said above, "Working for “passion” is for suckers."