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Yep. I did seven years of Slog, and quitting was very freeing, after years of angst and disappointment.

• 8n4vidtmkvmk 3y ago
  What did you do after? If I give up on this, I'm not sure I'd want to do it again. I don't know what I'd do differently. Building an app and all the non-programming junk that goes into running a business is just a lot. I could rise the corporate ladder. I'd be fine but never rich.
  • sk5t 3y ago
    Engineering at a much more mature company. It won’t make me rich (especially considering the stock’s dreary trajectory since 2021) but it’s a lot less depressing nevertheless.
  • ajkjk 3y ago
    Working at a corporation and making a reasonable engineer's salary will make you basically rich. Not like rule-the-world rich, but rich enough to do anything you ever wanted, which I think is pretty much as rich as anybody needs to be.
    • 8n4vidtmkvmk 3y ago
      I'm experiencing this now since I've been doing both for awhile now. It's enough to not worry whether or not I should buy that $10 beer with my dinner but not enough that I don't have to debate with myself if I should be ordering 2 or 3 of those $18 cocktails every day on my first ever euro trip. Not a bad life for sure but there's quite a few things that still feel out of reach. Like private jets or even just first class
      • ajkjk 3y ago
        Yeah but like.. who gives a fuck about private jets? It's a good way to burn money and be more wasteful at the same time, great. First class, meh. I could afford it if it was something I wanted to spend money on, but it feels pointless.