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Plenty of life to live after that and a lot of money to do whatever it is you want. If your children hate you or you lose the love of your life -- or you ruin

by vanusa 5y ago

Plenty of life to live after that and a lot of money to do whatever it is you want. If your children hate you or you lose the love of your life -- or you ruin your health -- then what's the point of all that money and free time?

munk-a 5y ago
Ruining your health is an aspect that I think gets far too little attention. If you're honestly working 16hr days your quality of life is going to absolutely tank and you'll be paying serious interest on the damage you do to your heart, back, eyes and wrists for decades to come.
9530jh9054ven 5y ago
Doesn't that kind of depend on having kids or love? There's probably a fair number of people out there skilled enough to do the work that doesn't have those things to distract from having a demanding job. Ultimately it's a decision that you'd have to make depending on what you care about. You could turn your question on it's head; what's the point of having children or a significant other if you are incapable or unwilling when you could be making money for the things you do care about in life?
- vanusa 5y ago
  You could turn your question on it's head; what's the point of having children or a significant other if you are incapable or unwilling when you could be making money for the things you do care about in life? That's a good point, actually. Which I will bookmark as the perfect description of the kind of personality profile that is most suited to working at Amazon-- and perhaps the only personality type that can thrive there, actually.
  - reedjosh 5y ago
    I'm there and have a great life outside of work and a young family. I've yet to see the crazy culture everyone rants about. I prefer a bit tougher job that means I'll be financially free in 10 years. It also means my wife doesn't have to work and can really focus on raising our children. I've worked some long days, but not 16hrs. Plus I really dig the projects I'm on.
ant6n 5y ago
> If your children hate you or you lose the love of your life -- or you ruin your health -- then what's the point of all that money and free time? You can ruin all that on a 70K job.
- hackerfromthefu 5y ago
  Why run home behind a bus when you can run home behind a taxi?

by vanusa 5y ago

munk-a 5y ago

Ruining your health is an aspect that I think gets far too little attention. If you're honestly working 16hr days your quality of life is going to absolutely tank and you'll be paying serious interest on the damage you do to your heart, back, eyes and wrists for decades to come.

9530jh9054ven 5y ago

Doesn't that kind of depend on having kids or love? There's probably a fair number of people out there skilled enough to do the work that doesn't have those things to distract from having a demanding job. Ultimately it's a decision that you'd have to make depending on what you care about. You could turn your question on it's head; what's the point of having children or a significant other if you are incapable or unwilling when you could be making money for the things you do care about in life?

vanusa 5y ago
You could turn your question on it's head; what's the point of having children or a significant other if you are incapable or unwilling when you could be making money for the things you do care about in life? That's a good point, actually. Which I will bookmark as the perfect description of the kind of personality profile that is most suited to working at Amazon-- and perhaps the only personality type that can thrive there, actually.
- reedjosh 5y ago
  I'm there and have a great life outside of work and a young family. I've yet to see the crazy culture everyone rants about. I prefer a bit tougher job that means I'll be financially free in 10 years. It also means my wife doesn't have to work and can really focus on raising our children. I've worked some long days, but not 16hrs. Plus I really dig the projects I'm on.

ant6n 5y ago

> If your children hate you or you lose the love of your life -- or you ruin your health -- then what's the point of all that money and free time? You can ruin all that on a 70K job.

hackerfromthefu 5y ago
Why run home behind a bus when you can run home behind a taxi?