I'd be willing to bet that the average Facebook engineer isn't going to be stellar at putting those millions of dollars towards extra personal happiness. They w

I'd be willing to bet that the average Facebook engineer isn't going to be stellar at putting those millions of dollars towards extra personal happiness. They will buy material possessions, not necessarily life experiences. If you take a couple weeks to travel and meet young twentysomethings hopping from hostel to hostel, working for a week here and there to gather enough money to go to the next city, cleaning the bathrooms just for a free bed that night, you'll see that they are probably achieving greater happiness with a few thousand dollars than the average FB engineer will with millions. The happiness multiplier per dollar they spend is insanely high, I suspect, compared to what the average millionaire in the valley will get. I'm not saying that the solution for everyone is to go hostel-hopping in Europe, but given that it is possible to be happy with thousands of dollars, you should look for the experiences that will make you most happy. Is going hiking on the weekend more fulfilling if you drive there in a fancy car? Is a board game with friends more fun in the living room of a $5 million dollar home? There are folks who are far less fortunate than you having a lot of fun in life. I think that if you give it some thought and try to maximize your happiness per dollar spent, you will find yourself less envious and perhaps even envied.