I was thinking a lot about Golden Handcuff situations and in a weird sense its artificially creating the actually bad scenario where someone is stuck in a job b

I was thinking a lot about Golden Handcuff situations and in a weird sense its artificially creating the actually bad scenario where someone is stuck in a job because they NEED it to make ends meat. You can be sure people in low paying jobs with low mobility are also burnt out. The difference is recognizing that golden handcuffs is an artificial situation and money doesn't create happiness (once you cross that base threshold). Its easy to see in others but hard to act on yourself. Ultimately its one of those things where you just need to be principled -- never stay at a job (career, etc) because of Golden Handcuffs. Its just like building flexibility or resiliency into an engineering system. You don't need to specifically justify it, its just a good principle to follow as a general rule.