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Many people are willing to sell their dignity for the right price, however. Me included.

ChrisMarshallNY 3y ago
I used to. However, since being forced into retirement (a highly undignified and humiliating process), I have found that I never want to go back to that again. I work at my own pace (about triple what I did, when getting paid), and don't take one ounce of crap, from anyone. When I was a manager, I always strove to treat my team with extreme dignity. My managers were not as willing to do that, for me, however.
- M3L0NM4N 3y ago
  I think when I am at that point in my life I will agree. But I am early on in my career.
thih9 3y ago
How long though? I.e. when you have more money, don’t you start valuing your time and dignity more?
- M3L0NM4N 3y ago
  Yes eventually, but I don't have money right now.
- deprecative 3y ago
  There's no such thing as enough money to me. I'm always one cancer diagnosis away from being destitute. I need millions and millions and millions before I'd be comfortable not prioritizing money. Nothing else matters nearly as much as money. Love? Fuck that. Love doesn't pay bills.
  - ChrisMarshallNY 3y ago
    ... or, you could be forced into it, like I was. You see, I'm a criminal. I've committed the felony of getting old, so I am not supposed to work in tech, anymore (at least, not as an IC). I probably could have gotten a job as a manager. I was a very good manager. But I hated it. I just wanted to be a coder (and architect -I'm pretty good at that, as well). I wasn't given the opportunity. In fact, it seemed as if some folks used the interview process to scratch itches they had, with their own parents. After a few of these "interviews," I realized that this industry no longer had any room for me, and came to understand that, although I was not rich, I did have the means to walk away. I spent my life, living humbly, frugally, and modestly. Many folks on this forum would sneer at me, for living the way that I do (but they can no longer sneer from a position of power). I have to be a caregiver to a couple of family members, and being forced to retire, actually coincided with them needing more care, so it has worked out.
hotpotamus 3y ago
I once got a below average performance review paired with an above average raise, to which I told my boss that he could call me ugly if it came with money like that. I will say that it helped a lot that I really liked him and he wasn't all that thrilled with the company review process either and was apologetic about it.

I used to. However, since being forced into retirement (a highly undignified and humiliating process), I have found that I never want to go back to that again. I work at my own pace (about triple what I did, when getting paid), and don't take one ounce of crap, from anyone. When I was a manager, I always strove to treat my team with extreme dignity. My managers were not as willing to do that, for me, however.

M3L0NM4N 3y ago
I think when I am at that point in my life I will agree. But I am early on in my career.

thih9 3y ago

How long though? I.e. when you have more money, don’t you start valuing your time and dignity more?

M3L0NM4N 3y ago
Yes eventually, but I don't have money right now.
deprecative 3y ago
There's no such thing as enough money to me. I'm always one cancer diagnosis away from being destitute. I need millions and millions and millions before I'd be comfortable not prioritizing money. Nothing else matters nearly as much as money. Love? Fuck that. Love doesn't pay bills.
- ChrisMarshallNY 3y ago
  ... or, you could be forced into it, like I was. You see, I'm a criminal. I've committed the felony of getting old, so I am not supposed to work in tech, anymore (at least, not as an IC). I probably could have gotten a job as a manager. I was a very good manager. But I hated it. I just wanted to be a coder (and architect -I'm pretty good at that, as well). I wasn't given the opportunity. In fact, it seemed as if some folks used the interview process to scratch itches they had, with their own parents. After a few of these "interviews," I realized that this industry no longer had any room for me, and came to understand that, although I was not rich, I did have the means to walk away. I spent my life, living humbly, frugally, and modestly. Many folks on this forum would sneer at me, for living the way that I do (but they can no longer sneer from a position of power). I have to be a caregiver to a couple of family members, and being forced to retire, actually coincided with them needing more care, so it has worked out.

hotpotamus 3y ago

I once got a below average performance review paired with an above average raise, to which I told my boss that he could call me ugly if it came with money like that. I will say that it helped a lot that I really liked him and he wasn't all that thrilled with the company review process either and was apologetic about it.