4 ms·

To the OP's point, if you've optimized for engaging work and if you don't want to work less, you're already in a job that you want to continue working in. Your

by bumby 4y ago

To the OP's point, if you've optimized for engaging work and if you don't want to work less, you're already in a job that you want to continue working in. Your point is that you want to job-hop to get more money to pay for benefits...that you already have? I've shared this elsewhere, but it's like the story from Oliver Burkeman's book about the NYC businessman chastising a Mexican fisherman for spending too much time on the beach drinking wine with friends instead of growing his fishing business. When the fisherman asked, "And once I have all that money from growing my business, then what should I do?" and the businessman said, "Well, then you can spend your time drinking wine on the beach with your friends."

lotsofpulp 4y ago
> Your point is that you want to job-hop to get more money to pay for benefits...that you already have? No. The goal is to be able to secure desired resources without needing a job, i.e. having enough wealth to not have to work in the event that I am unable or unwilling to work. What am I supposed to do if my wife or I get hit with a cancer diagnosis in mid 50s? The fisherman and NYC businessman story is missing the volatility component of life. Hence the utility of markets for futures trading, etc.
- bumby 4y ago
  Fair enough, amend my first response to say it’s predicated on the desire for the option to work less in the future. The same concept applies, though. You’re optimizing for some future event while the OP was optimizing for something different. That is somewhat different than your post about the goal being "sufficient pay and health insurance benefits." Those you'd most likely already have without job hopping, even if your spouse gets sick. There's probably something to be said about the systemic causes that create an environment where even tech workers are so financial insecure as to foster that mindset, but that’s a digression.
  - imtringued 4y ago
    It is called liquidity preference and it is insatiable.

by bumby 4y ago

lotsofpulp 4y ago

> Your point is that you want to job-hop to get more money to pay for benefits...that you already have? No. The goal is to be able to secure desired resources without needing a job, i.e. having enough wealth to not have to work in the event that I am unable or unwilling to work. What am I supposed to do if my wife or I get hit with a cancer diagnosis in mid 50s? The fisherman and NYC businessman story is missing the volatility component of life. Hence the utility of markets for futures trading, etc.

bumby 4y ago
Fair enough, amend my first response to say it’s predicated on the desire for the option to work less in the future. The same concept applies, though. You’re optimizing for some future event while the OP was optimizing for something different. That is somewhat different than your post about the goal being "sufficient pay and health insurance benefits." Those you'd most likely already have without job hopping, even if your spouse gets sick. There's probably something to be said about the systemic causes that create an environment where even tech workers are so financial insecure as to foster that mindset, but that’s a digression.
- imtringued 4y ago
  It is called liquidity preference and it is insatiable.