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Not everything has to have a point or engage in privilege-self-flagellation. The author has an interesting life story and he is sharing it. You as the reader ar

by noego 8y ago

Not everything has to have a point or engage in privilege-self-flagellation. The author has an interesting life story and he is sharing it. You as the reader are welcome to do with it whatever you want to. Some people like myself are curious to hear about how someone built a 500k/year career and why they decided to walk away from it. If you don't find it interesting, just downvote it, ignore it and move on. I think you're reading into it and projecting far more than you need to

munchbunny 8y ago
Why do you think I'm projecting far more than I need to? If you don't find it interesting, just downvote it, ignore it and move on. I think you're reading into it and projecting far more than you need to You are always welcome to downvote my comment, ignore it, and move on, but you seem to think it's worth disagreeing with me in more words, so here we are. I think it's reasonable to comment on why I disagree with or dislike a post, especially since I was quite specific about both criticisms and suggestions around what I thought the author was trying to discuss. Not everything has to have a point or engage in privilege-self-flagellation. I'm not asking the author to self-flagellate over privilege. Here's what I suggested verbatim: "If the author had left the money out, it would have been a great post about searching for motivation, which we all struggle with, but I think the money aspect undermines the point." Is that unfair? You don't have to agree with me, but that doesn't sound like a request to self-flagellate.
- DVassallo 8y ago
  Author here. The pursuit of more money is typically seen as one of the strongest drivers in life. I wanted to highlight that chasing money (and other rewards) stopped mattering for my motivation after a certain point.
- noego 8y ago
  Maybe I was too flippant. I apologize if it seemed mean spirited. My broader point is that not everything needs to be critiqued, especially when it's just someone sharing their life experiences. Specifically: "I had a great setup but I'm giving it up to take a risk." The author didn't say that he was taking on a tremendous risk. In fact, his follow-up article linked at the bottom explicitly acknowledges his goal of insulating himself from any consequential harm. The above interpretation seems like a projection on your part. "talking about how much money you'd give up to feel motivated is pretty explicitly signalling success to other people in the "I earn enough to be able to talk about it like this" group. That's just upper-middle class signalling. The author is just sharing his thoughts and life experiences. If you think he's lying or faking it to stroke his ego, go ahead and call him out on it. But otherwise, this criticism feels very hollow and vacuous. Everything can be construed as signalling - should people really not talk about their thoughts and experiences because it would be construed as signalling?

by noego 8y ago

munchbunny 8y ago

Why do you think I'm projecting far more than I need to? If you don't find it interesting, just downvote it, ignore it and move on. I think you're reading into it and projecting far more than you need to You are always welcome to downvote my comment, ignore it, and move on, but you seem to think it's worth disagreeing with me in more words, so here we are. I think it's reasonable to comment on why I disagree with or dislike a post, especially since I was quite specific about both criticisms and suggestions around what I thought the author was trying to discuss. Not everything has to have a point or engage in privilege-self-flagellation. I'm not asking the author to self-flagellate over privilege. Here's what I suggested verbatim: "If the author had left the money out, it would have been a great post about searching for motivation, which we all struggle with, but I think the money aspect undermines the point." Is that unfair? You don't have to agree with me, but that doesn't sound like a request to self-flagellate.

DVassallo 8y ago
Author here. The pursuit of more money is typically seen as one of the strongest drivers in life. I wanted to highlight that chasing money (and other rewards) stopped mattering for my motivation after a certain point.
noego 8y ago
Maybe I was too flippant. I apologize if it seemed mean spirited. My broader point is that not everything needs to be critiqued, especially when it's just someone sharing their life experiences. Specifically: "I had a great setup but I'm giving it up to take a risk." The author didn't say that he was taking on a tremendous risk. In fact, his follow-up article linked at the bottom explicitly acknowledges his goal of insulating himself from any consequential harm. The above interpretation seems like a projection on your part. "talking about how much money you'd give up to feel motivated is pretty explicitly signalling success to other people in the "I earn enough to be able to talk about it like this" group. That's just upper-middle class signalling. The author is just sharing his thoughts and life experiences. If you think he's lying or faking it to stroke his ego, go ahead and call him out on it. But otherwise, this criticism feels very hollow and vacuous. Everything can be construed as signalling - should people really not talk about their thoughts and experiences because it would be construed as signalling?