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I disagree with everything that guy says and as of two months ago I am a millionaire before I turn 30. Pessimism is what keeps you from following the herd of l
by zeth___ 8y ago
I disagree with everything that guy says and as of two months ago I am a millionaire before I turn 30.
Pessimism is what keeps you from following the herd of lemmings over the cliff.
- ericjang 8y agocan you elaborate on what you disagree about?
- zeth___ 8y agoHow much is it worth to you?
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- 55555 8y agoHow did you make your money?
- zeth___ 8y agoChange jobs every 6 months or less, insist on a raise between each one. I'm earning just shy of 300k now. I don't see it stopping in the next decade either.
- mmcconnell1618 8y agoThere is an inverse relationship between salary and the number of jobs available at that rate. I think you will find it harder to continue raising your income just by job hopping. You’re going to need to demonstrate you can deliver increasingly higher value to organizations in order to demand higher wages.
- zeth___ 8y agoThanks for the advice. How many new jobs have you taken in the last three years? I've had 8.
- mmcconnell1618 8y agoI agree with the strategy that hopping jobs results in faster income increase than staying put. I'm just saying that in my experience, there is a cap on how much you can make in any salaried job unless you are a very rare person. You may find it difficult to continue to raise your income by job hopping. You may need to think about selling value rather than time to exceed your current pay.
- zeth___ 8y agoGiven that I'm already negotiating for a 15% increase in my current job and shortlisted for 6 other positions I'd say I have plenty of room left to move around. You are worth what you are paid. I have had a job where the only thing I had to do was fill in a spreadsheet to keep the product manager happy because the CEO had some stupid ideas about tracking employee productivity. I was happy to trade $60,000 and 3 months for something not more taxing than a Sudoku puzzle. Market inefficiencies are everywhere, it's just that most employees never find them since they stay in one place for far too long.
- netsharc 8y agoI remember reading someone's observation about web dev/tech but using human flight as an example. In the 70's, people thought because they went from the Wright brothers to the moon within 66 years, by the year 2000 we'd have Mach 5 passenger planes and trips to other planets. But, what do we have nowadays? Passenger jumbo jet speeds have remained steady since.. the 70's/80's? What he's trying to say is that the growth will usually reach a plateau, but people think it'll be exponential. IMO, Mr. Millionaire upthread is living the Bubble 2.0 demand for tech workers, and thinks the bubble will go on and he's going to the stratosphere...
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- bitcoinmoney 8y agoWhat job? If I do this I’ll run out companies to apply to.
- zeth___ 8y agoWhatever they hire me for. Currently I'm doing network architecture for a telco, the project is pure vanity and will end in tears. But everyone is happy because until it does it will make them seem like they know what they are doing, which they don't.