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My life's fine and more importantly I sleep great at night and am proud to tell anyone what I do for work. I've completely plateaued on the happiness vs money
by elago 8y ago
My life's fine and more importantly I sleep great at night and am proud to tell anyone what I do for work.
I've completely plateaued on the happiness vs money graph and you couldn't pay me enough at this point to take a job in the finance or defense industry.
- sadamznintern 8y agoSadly I think I"m far from plateued on the happiness vs. money graph right now even while I work on consumer products used my millions around the world. I really don't make enough to live the elite lifestyle these people do at $145k tc.
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- JeremyBanks 8y agoJudging by the rampant drug abuse in the valley, they aren't all finding the happiness peak either.
- sadamznintern 8y agoI dunno, is drug abuse rampant at FB/Google/top startups? I have doubts. People there seem pretty happy (and sidenote, very photogenic) on their instagrams.
- taybin 8y agoThey don't post the bad photos onto instagram. You really need to figure this out or you're going to be chasing other people's dreams. All your comments just talk about how you want to make more money, when you're already making a lot of money.
- zootam 8y agoits clear they are seeking external validation and status. money is only a part of that validation.
- elago 8y agoAt the risk of being judgemental without knowing you: 1) Are there really that many things you can't do in the world with that salary? 2) Are you choosing a fair group of people to compare yourself with? Yes, you may be at the ABSOLUTE BOTTOM of the top 5%, if you only look at the top 5%. Do you have any non software engineer peers?
- sadamznintern 8y ago>Are there really that many things you can't do in the world with that salary? I can't save $1.5 million as fast as I want to with this salary (I know people who can live it up and still save $100k a year at Google and trading companies - I'll be lucky to hit $25k max). >Do you have any non software engineer peers? Yes. They're all in medical school. The rest I don't really have contact with anymore.
- therealdrag0 8y agoSounds like you're in a bubble. My gf grew up in Silicon Valley and went to a prestigious engineering school, and all the people she knows are doctors, lawyers, or engineers. But that's a bubble and an unnecessary rat race. She's often worrying that she's not accomplishing enough in life. I on the other hand, grew up in a tiny rural town, went to the cheapest state school possible, and now make a healthy 6 figure salary at a no-name company. I don't feel the need to compare myself to anyone; but if I do it's with gratitude. I grew up with people who are now farmers and bakers and baristas and minor fiction authors. You can choose to compare yourself with people above you, or see how far and healthy you are in the grand scheme of things. Of course that's up to you. If you want to dream big, go for it! Just don't come off as whiny, it's annoying to the rest of the 90% that is be low you on the totem pole.
- sadamznintern 8y ago>Sounds like you're in a bubble. To be honest, I don't think I did. I just want to be a part of the other bubble really, really, really bad.
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