Guys, perhaps, we should to give such examples a context. I lived/studied in Boston, MA number of years, and I used to meet up with my childhood friend who imm

Guys, perhaps, we should to give such examples a context. I lived/studied in Boston, MA number of years, and I used to meet up with my childhood friend who immigrated from Georgia roughly 8 years ago at his late teen years. He graduated from a very prestigious business school, and has a decent job but after the day was over he used to do some extra stuff, like driving someone from place to place, some screw driving job (I don't exactly know). It seemed crazy to me, I asked numerous times what are you doing dude? His response was extra $ is not a bad thing. It might sound a bit bold and too generalized, no offense, I'm up for conversation - in the US people forgot what it means to rest properly. Roughly a year ago, I was visiting my good friend in Germany, who immigrated 15 years ago. He was encouraged by another friend who lived in California to move to the US. We sat down and make a list of comparisons. Just to name a few: Germany: 1. Workers Union protects employees. Pays a salary (70%+ of it) for 6 months if one looses a job. Also, a simple cold is good enough reason to take a week long leave and you're encouraged to do so. - US? no bro, you're on your own. It's a god damn pressure that makes people work unworkable hours and being in the endless state of anxiety. 2. Car insurance - he drives a new BMW and pays ~ 350 USD per year. We quoted the minimal package for insurance in MA for the same car, guess the number? 10fold: 3000 USD per year. 3. Education? - Free. US: 70$K per year. 4. Cost of food. Well, Germany is "notorious" even in EU for grocery affordability. 5. And Beer? German Hefeweizen 60 cents. Samuel Adams? no thank you. (half joking) I did eventually left the US, although data science/engineering is the dream job generate money, but quality of life is no less important than the number of 0s at the end of bank acc. balance.