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Imaginary money you can't spend on anything, sure. All of the time I have spent trying to build software at large, stable, safe companies has been wasted. Most
by marssaxman 9y ago
Imaginary money you can't spend on anything, sure.
All of the time I have spent trying to build software at large, stable, safe companies has been wasted. Most of the time I have spent trying to build software at startups has been wasted, too. That's life in a field as young and uncertain as ours: most of what you do will turn out to be a waste of time.
So, what's that time actually worth? Same as what that software is actually worth: nothing, usually.
- eecc 9y agoNot quite that imaginary. The opportunity cost is about 70-80k€ for a perm position, about 120 for freelancing. Plus the savings you’ll have to burn through. That’s a fuckton in my book
- marssaxman 9y agoWell, sure, but if that's your measure of worth, then what are you doing making software? Go work in finance or insurance instead - that's where the real money is.
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