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I value money a lot more than I did two decades ago. Two decades ago I was a young, “fight the system”, James Dean want-to-be. Now I have a family, mortgage,
by pyuser583 4y ago
I value money a lot more than I did two decades ago.
Two decades ago I was a young, “fight the system”, James Dean want-to-be.
Now I have a family, mortgage, and the kids need braces.
And my water heater is making weird sounds.
- Brian_K_White 4y agoI don't think any of that justifies anything except in thevery short term. You gotta do what you gotta do sometimes, but not for life. Your family would rather have their dad than their dads paycheck. It doesn't require 120hours of hell at work just to secure food and shelter. Why do I care? Everyone who is willing to abase themselves and suffer abuse makes the world suck more for everyone else who would demand a little basic dignity.
- pyuser583 4y agoI was responding to a post about being willing to work for Elon Musk … not work 120 hours a week or abase myself. For example, if I found myself being pushed into “voluntary” meditation sessions where I chant “I am not me but, We™” I’d be out of there fast. Or if my boss wanted me to do something horribly unethical like provide fine grained tracking data for users. But AFAIK Tesla, SpaceX, Boring Company, etc. are pretty typical in regards to work life balance, pay, etc.
- viraptor 4y agoYeah, but there are other places that pay decently. I've got 2 decades of experience now, and get paid enough in a good place. I know where I could get paid more, but even with a family, we don't need more. I even reduced my work to 4 days a week with the 20% hit and it's still enough. For software engineers this is often simple to achieve.