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 someo

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?