>I see many who are paid well yet are unhappy and complain they are poor all the times. I work in tech in silicon valley and... I often have difficulty not gig

>I see many who are paid well yet are unhappy and complain they are poor all the times. I work in tech in silicon valley and... I often have difficulty not giggling when my co-workers talk about how poor they are. I mean, I'm the sysadmin and a agency contractor, meaning I'm usually the lowest paid/lowest status person in a room full of direct-hire engineers, and I usually feel very well remunerated, even though I'm probably making two thirds what a direct-hire SWE with my seniority would make at the same company. Especially when it comes to buying services and gadgets and, well, just about everything but rent. I mean, some of it is kids; I know kids are expensive, and I don't have any. But I think a lot of it is just that people like complaining. And... I mean, in a lot of ways that is normal, and at appropriate levels, maybe even healthy.