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I’m pretty sure the romanticizing of the idea of “quitting the rat race” is one of the largest motivators to play the game. If you want to quit the rat race yo
by namuol 4y ago
I’m pretty sure the romanticizing of the idea of “quitting the rat race” is one of the largest motivators to play the game.
If you want to quit the rat race you’re going to have to sacrifice a lot, unless you checks notes “[work] at a top tier investment bank as a software engineer”.
- mancerayder 4y agoThis is a thoughtful comment compared to the debates raging above. It makes you think we've fallen (yet again) into the trap of the utopia, the paradise ideal, namely freedom not to do this (where this is software engineering instead of something else, or living in an urban setting instead of a rural one; both sets of ideals described above).
- strken 4y agoSometimes the perfect is the enemy of the good, yeah. If you can manage to work four days a week, or live halfway up a mountain in a weird semi-commune sharehouse and work from home, that's not perfect, but maybe it's a lot better than working 60 hour weeks for 20 years then retiring.
- Existenceblinks 4y agoI'm like please put me in the race track and give me $100k reward because my slow life makes me and family hungry .. yet still forced to race in a terrible track.
- lm28469 4y agoOr work part time at a chill company, 3 days a week and still make 2-3 times the min wage of your country (easily doable in tech). You're still in the race, but instead of burning everything to get in front and "win" (win what ?) you're just taking a stroll at the back, enjoying the view while chatting with your friends
- disqard 4y agoStaying at the back leaves the door open to amazing outcomes: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steven_Bradbury https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steven_Bradbury (burning out and quitting definitely removes that possibility)