5 ms·

I think it’s being old enough, to be financially independent enough, to not take shit from anyone. 47 and paid off mortgage this week. Zero debt and have 1 ki

I think it’s being old enough, to be financially independent enough, to not take shit from anyone. 47 and paid off mortgage this week. Zero debt and have 1 kids college saved up in cash, and low 7 figure retirement savings. Still need a job for other kids college and medical insurance. I’ll keep working at my employer until I drop dead, as I like the technical work, but I’m on the 3 day plan now. 3 bad days in a row and I’m gone, and I made them aware of that.

crispyambulance 8y ago
What do you mean "3 bad days in a row" and you're gone? That seems like an extremely fragile and precarious situation to put your employer into! No one likes ultimatums, it could hasten your termination.
- JoeAltmaier 8y ago
  Turned around: their bad behavior/tantrums could hasten your leaving. Just as fair to point that out to them.
- madengr 8y ago
  “it could hasten your termination” Yes, that’s part of the happiness; me not giving a shit. An employers ideal engineer is someone young with kids and a fat mortgage. A financially independent graybeard with loads of institutional and domain knowledge; they have less control. My employer has participated in stack ranking and walked out 25 year employees with 5 minutes notice. 3 days is my being generous.
  - aswanson 8y ago
    That "young kids & fat mortgage" is god to honest truth. I knew a manager that celebrated his reports buying their first cars or houses as it increased his leverage over them. Sickening, but true.
- ThrowawayR2 8y ago
  > it could hasten your termination The point is to have enough saved up that you don't care. There is nothing more comfortable than the knowledge that you don't have to put up with BS from your employer, or for that matter from _any_ employer, one second longer than you feel like it.
  - tonyedgecombe 8y ago
    I’m pretty sure it’s better for your employer as well. I know once I wasn’t dependent on work I was happy to call out bullshit in a way I wouldn’t before.

crispyambulance 8y ago

What do you mean "3 bad days in a row" and you're gone? That seems like an extremely fragile and precarious situation to put your employer into! No one likes ultimatums, it could hasten your termination.

JoeAltmaier 8y ago
Turned around: their bad behavior/tantrums could hasten your leaving. Just as fair to point that out to them.
madengr 8y ago
“it could hasten your termination” Yes, that’s part of the happiness; me not giving a shit. An employers ideal engineer is someone young with kids and a fat mortgage. A financially independent graybeard with loads of institutional and domain knowledge; they have less control. My employer has participated in stack ranking and walked out 25 year employees with 5 minutes notice. 3 days is my being generous.
- aswanson 8y ago
  That "young kids & fat mortgage" is god to honest truth. I knew a manager that celebrated his reports buying their first cars or houses as it increased his leverage over them. Sickening, but true.
ThrowawayR2 8y ago
> it could hasten your termination The point is to have enough saved up that you don't care. There is nothing more comfortable than the knowledge that you don't have to put up with BS from your employer, or for that matter from _any_ employer, one second longer than you feel like it.
- tonyedgecombe 8y ago
  I’m pretty sure it’s better for your employer as well. I know once I wasn’t dependent on work I was happy to call out bullshit in a way I wouldn’t before.