Depends on how old you are and how much money you already have. If you have enouhg saved up for a house and you're in your mid thirties or fourties, do what yo

Depends on how old you are and how much money you already have. If you have enouhg saved up for a house and you're in your mid thirties or fourties, do what you love and enjoy that. If you're in your twenties and don't have a lot of financial security yet, I definitely think it's beneficial to just chase money for a couple years. Money now is worth so much more money later on, it is definitely worth the temporary sacrifice. I have friends who are multimillionaires just because they worked at good jobs and invested a lot of their money in their early twenties. I've never worked at a FAANG or had a crazy salary but I stashed away a decent amount doing contract SWE in my early twenties and now I'm very financially stable and own a very nice house fifteen years later.