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I do think it would be more fun to make 500K at age 20 than at age 37 so those athletes do have that going for them.

JMTQp8lwXL 7y ago
Yeah, but at 37 you're not going to be suffering brain damage in a FANG job. Sitting at a desk sure beats getting tackled for a living.
- amishadowbanned 7y ago
  Matter of opinion
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- buryat 7y ago
  > you're not going to be suffering brain damage in a FANG job wouldn't be so sure about that > Sitting at a desk sure beats getting tackled for a living standing desks exist and some of the sports mentioned don't have tackling at all (MLB)
  - JMTQp8lwXL 7y ago
    There's enough people in the software industry for long enough to know if routinely subjecting your brain to deep analytical thought 40 hours a week would be in any way brain damaging. If health data is attached to employment data, it could be teased out. But there are studies that absolutely confirm the brain damage incurred from an NFL career.
    - kapilvt 7y ago
      Perhaps they meant a different type of damage.
gexla 7y ago
Depends on what you value. If living a hedonistic lifestyle is your life goal, then you can have as much fun as any 20 year old way past 37 and for little money. People in their 20's are more likely to live that lifestyle before discovering that it's not for them. Then they get into some sort of grind in which they become a statistic for reports which claim "mid to late 40's are the most miserable age."

Yeah, but at 37 you're not going to be suffering brain damage in a FANG job. Sitting at a desk sure beats getting tackled for a living.

amishadowbanned 7y ago
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buryat 7y ago
> you're not going to be suffering brain damage in a FANG job wouldn't be so sure about that > Sitting at a desk sure beats getting tackled for a living standing desks exist and some of the sports mentioned don't have tackling at all (MLB)
- JMTQp8lwXL 7y ago
  There's enough people in the software industry for long enough to know if routinely subjecting your brain to deep analytical thought 40 hours a week would be in any way brain damaging. If health data is attached to employment data, it could be teased out. But there are studies that absolutely confirm the brain damage incurred from an NFL career.
  - kapilvt 7y ago
    Perhaps they meant a different type of damage.

gexla 7y ago

Depends on what you value. If living a hedonistic lifestyle is your life goal, then you can have as much fun as any 20 year old way past 37 and for little money. People in their 20's are more likely to live that lifestyle before discovering that it's not for them. Then they get into some sort of grind in which they become a statistic for reports which claim "mid to late 40's are the most miserable age."