It's the hedonic treadmill effect. People here in SF making $200K are looking around feeling like they are probably underpaid compared to friends at other compa

It's the hedonic treadmill effect. People here in SF making $200K are looking around feeling like they are probably underpaid compared to friends at other companies. Also finance/law can pay a fuck-ton too, but you have to work crazy hours. Have a friend who just turned 29 pulling down $500K in PE, but works like 80-100 hour weeks. At some point that's just a bad use of your finite time. Have also had friends walk away with millions after an IPO. Not really sure if there's a larger point other than to say that there's always a tier of people above you making more money, so don't let it get you down.