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I met my first cofounder talking to them over beers. I met my fiancee over a shared love of mindless movies. I've mostly worked about 40 hours a week through my
by onion2k 5y ago
I met my first cofounder talking to them over beers. I met my fiancee over a shared love of mindless movies. I've mostly worked about 40 hours a week through my career so far. Now I'm in my mid-40s and I have what I believe to be my ideal job, I'm paid very well for it, and I have lots of time to play video games.
Your path suits you and you find it satisfying, and I'm happy for you, but it's quite unkind to dismiss other people's choices to drink beer and watch movies instead of working. There are many paths to happiness besides your own.
- hizxy 5y agoExactly.
- hamandcheese 5y agoThe parent comment doesn’t strike me as particularly dismissive of anyones choices.
- philovivero 5y agoYeah. I'm fine with people choosing their path in life. I was only referring to their own statements and attitudes. Not trying to come up with some universal code of conduct or anything here.
- nostrebored 5y agoYou're defending against something that OP never said. You're making a trade off with your time. We all do every day.
- teachrdan 5y ago> didn't achieve as much, because they just wanted to turn off and tune out. Drink some beer. Watch some mindless movies. You can read in a bit of judgment here.
- philovivero 5y agoIt's their own judgement. They say they wish they were where I'm at. But sure, we can say they achieved just as much (and possibly more) because they achieved contentedness or happiness or whatever, which is great for them, and they are just confused?
- cutemonster 5y agoMaybe, at the same time, the comment didn't say it was important to achieve much, mainly just noticed that they didn't? Was my interpretation