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They probably enjoy it. Being a CEO or whatever doesn't look like sitting in a cubicle all damn day. Even the latter's much better if you know you have the mone

They probably enjoy it. Being a CEO or whatever doesn't look like sitting in a cubicle all damn day. Even the latter's much better if you know you have the money to quit whenever you feel like it. That alone makes a big difference, but they also have a lot more say in how they spend their time, and do completely different stuff. Making the big calls, having people who'll go do all kinds of stuff when you ask them to, meeting and hanging out with other important people, et c., probably feels awesome, and if you've got enough money socked away to never need to work again, all the "risk" is as real as playing poker with pennies.

fdgsdfogijq 5y ago
I was going to say this. It's fun when you are that high up.
- brimble 5y ago
  It's also the case that someone with quite a bit of money doesn't have as much non-work work to do. If you can afford to pay someone to do: all shopping (that you don't enjoy doing), all cooking (ditto), all cleaning (doing the laundry including putting it away, doing the dishes, cleaning your house, cleaning your car[s]), to drive you around so that time's not lost, et c., that recovers a ton of time. You can put quite a bit of that back into your job and still come out ahead in leisure and family time, compared with a worker bee who still has to do all that shit themselves, outside work hours.
  - gigaflop 5y ago
    Even with work-from-home, I can see how more money == more better in life. My dream home would need space for a home gym, workshop, and small office. Having a home, a home big enough for all of that, and then getting all of that would not be cheap, but it would mean dead-simple access to things I need and things that make me happy and fulfilled, which would mean more time spent fulfilling myself.
  - hallway_monitor 5y ago
    I can't believe I never thought about this. You don't have any drudgery and it doesn't really matter if you lose your job so your work is your leisure time. You're just playing. Okay, time to get rich.
pcthrowaway 5y ago
Don't you run the risk of having liability (e.g. neglect, oversight, mistake, or, yes, temptation, can cause you to be held responsible for a disastrous event) which might put your "net worth" at risk in ways that you wouldn't if you just retired?

fdgsdfogijq 5y ago

I was going to say this. It's fun when you are that high up.

brimble 5y ago
It's also the case that someone with quite a bit of money doesn't have as much non-work work to do. If you can afford to pay someone to do: all shopping (that you don't enjoy doing), all cooking (ditto), all cleaning (doing the laundry including putting it away, doing the dishes, cleaning your house, cleaning your car[s]), to drive you around so that time's not lost, et c., that recovers a ton of time. You can put quite a bit of that back into your job and still come out ahead in leisure and family time, compared with a worker bee who still has to do all that shit themselves, outside work hours.
- gigaflop 5y ago
  Even with work-from-home, I can see how more money == more better in life. My dream home would need space for a home gym, workshop, and small office. Having a home, a home big enough for all of that, and then getting all of that would not be cheap, but it would mean dead-simple access to things I need and things that make me happy and fulfilled, which would mean more time spent fulfilling myself.
- hallway_monitor 5y ago
  I can't believe I never thought about this. You don't have any drudgery and it doesn't really matter if you lose your job so your work is your leisure time. You're just playing. Okay, time to get rich.

pcthrowaway 5y ago

Don't you run the risk of having liability (e.g. neglect, oversight, mistake, or, yes, temptation, can cause you to be held responsible for a disastrous event) which might put your "net worth" at risk in ways that you wouldn't if you just retired?