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I think even if someone offered me couple million a year I still wouldn't do it. My kids will only be kids once - all of the money in the world is completely wo
by gambiting 1y ago
I think even if someone offered me couple million a year I still wouldn't do it. My kids will only be kids once - all of the money in the world is completely worthless if you miss out on your family. I appreciate some people here don't feel this way but to me that's not a trade off I would ever make. Especially since as software engineers we are privileged enough to usually command both high salaries and the ability to log off at 4-5pm and not think about work anymore.
- SilverElfin 1y agoIt’s impossible for anyone not in their 20s or who has kids or just a healthy balanced life.
- AnIrishDuck 1y agoThe reality is also that nobody (aside from Mark "I Want To Buy a State of the Art AI Research Lab" Zuckerberg) is even offering millions in cold hard cash. Instead, they're offering something worse: the _chance_ to cash out equity that _might_ be worth that at _some_ point in the future. Versus spending time with my kid right now. Or any of the hundreds of other more enjoyable things I can do with my time. They're dangling a lottery ticket in front of us. I've seen the end of that movie several times myself now; enough to know the odds are long. So yeah: no thanks.
- lr4444lr 1y agoConsider 2 million carefully, though. Collectively in a 9-5 job over decades you would probably lose more time with your kids than you would with how much earlier you could retire with even doing the 2 million grind for one year. Depending on the specifics, for that level of comp. I would consider it even having 2 kids.
- footy 1y agoI don't even have kids and I wouldn't do it for any amount of money. I have my own (and only) life and I don't value money above that.