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I quit my ridiculously well paying cybersecurity job in January. Went traveling for most of the time since. Most of Latin America was/is consistently open, if y

by keyme 5y ago

I quit my ridiculously well paying cybersecurity job in January. Went traveling for most of the time since. Most of Latin America was/is consistently open, if you're wondering. So is some of eastern Europe and the neighboring Asian ex-soviet countries. Africa has potential too, I think (haven't been). If you're vaccinated (which I was, pretty early on) most of Europe opens up too (but probably not for long now). You've read the cliche reasons for doing this kind of thing many times before, and honestly I don't think this newyorker article is saying anything very different. My additional, edgy, uncensored reason: I couldn't shake the feeling that I was picking up the check for everybody else. I was paying very high taxes to essentially finance crazy government overreach, only to later lose the value of what's remaining to inflation due to all the money printing.

ManuelKiessling 5y ago
Maybe the people working in hospitality, those that lost their already bad-paying jobs and are now struggling to make ends meet, are better candidates for "picking up the check for everybody else", or healthcare workers.
- keyme 5y ago
  Or, in most cases, they are victims of government overreach.
  - ManuelKiessling 5y ago
    Healthcare workers are victims of government overreach? That's an interesting thesis, would you like to elaborate?
    - HowTheStoryEnds 5y ago
      In many European countries a big subsection(< specialist Dr.) of them most certainly are: no right to strike, low wages set by said governments and arbitrary rules imposed by same government that when not followed lead to inability to exercise your profession. Not too many other sectors where .gov even dictates your physical integrity. (No jab, no work)
HourglassFR 5y ago
> I couldn't shake the feeling that I was picking up the check for everybody else. I was paying very high taxes to essentially finance crazy government overreach, only to later lose the value of what's remaining to inflation due to all the money printing. But you just said that the job you had overpaid you anyway so I don't really understand your point here.

by keyme 5y ago

ManuelKiessling 5y ago

Maybe the people working in hospitality, those that lost their already bad-paying jobs and are now struggling to make ends meet, are better candidates for "picking up the check for everybody else", or healthcare workers.

keyme 5y ago
Or, in most cases, they are victims of government overreach.
- ManuelKiessling 5y ago
  Healthcare workers are victims of government overreach? That's an interesting thesis, would you like to elaborate?
  - HowTheStoryEnds 5y ago
    In many European countries a big subsection(< specialist Dr.) of them most certainly are: no right to strike, low wages set by said governments and arbitrary rules imposed by same government that when not followed lead to inability to exercise your profession. Not too many other sectors where .gov even dictates your physical integrity. (No jab, no work)

HourglassFR 5y ago

> I couldn't shake the feeling that I was picking up the check for everybody else. I was paying very high taxes to essentially finance crazy government overreach, only to later lose the value of what's remaining to inflation due to all the money printing. But you just said that the job you had overpaid you anyway so I don't really understand your point here.