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Have you considered being paid $20 million for one year, and then staying home with family for the next ten years? Even after taxes, you'd still have much more

Have you considered being paid $20 million for one year, and then staying home with family for the next ten years? Even after taxes, you'd still have much more of both time and money than a career in, say, air traffic control.

cindyllm 6mo ago
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BLKNSLVR 6mo ago
Maybe, if that was even offered as an option. I doubt I'm that competent, however, and just the fact I have that doubt probably excludes me from the possibility.
- mitthrowaway2 6mo ago
  Oh don't worry, even if you fail at the job, you can still receive a golden parachute worth more than your employees will earn in their whole careers. https://www.manufacturing.net/aerospace/news/21109798/boeing-ceos-golden-parachute-was-62-million https://www.manufacturing.net/aerospace/news/21109798/boeing...
  - BLKNSLVR 6mo ago
    I genuinely don't think I'd be able to sleep at night. It's fucking gross. If a person can live with it, they don't deserve to.
  - ryandrake 6mo ago
    Hell, I would gladly take any job where "failing upward" was the rule. Do it for a few years, fail, and then move on to the next higher level opportunity. Most job levels fail downwards, but once you get to a certain level, for whatever reason, nearly everyone fails upwards. I think "director at a FAANG" and "VP at a medium sized company" are about the level where roles start defaulting to failing upward.
dzikimarian 6mo ago
Following Boeing example you given below - it's not like the guy was given offer to become a CEO out of the blue & had to endure year to be set for life. He was slowly climbing through the ranks of huge organization over the span of almost 30 years. Given later revelations I certainly wouldn't call it easy or calm - likely even morally challenging sometimes (not admiring anything here - simply any position of power comes with this kind of issues - no matter you're playing for good or bad guys). Taste of Boeing shareholders for execs is whole other discussion, but I really don't think there's huge crowd of people both willing and capable of filling those shoes.

cindyllm 6mo ago

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BLKNSLVR 6mo ago

Maybe, if that was even offered as an option. I doubt I'm that competent, however, and just the fact I have that doubt probably excludes me from the possibility.

mitthrowaway2 6mo ago
Oh don't worry, even if you fail at the job, you can still receive a golden parachute worth more than your employees will earn in their whole careers. https://www.manufacturing.net/aerospace/news/21109798/boeing-ceos-golden-parachute-was-62-million https://www.manufacturing.net/aerospace/news/21109798/boeing...
- BLKNSLVR 6mo ago
  I genuinely don't think I'd be able to sleep at night. It's fucking gross. If a person can live with it, they don't deserve to.
- ryandrake 6mo ago
  Hell, I would gladly take any job where "failing upward" was the rule. Do it for a few years, fail, and then move on to the next higher level opportunity. Most job levels fail downwards, but once you get to a certain level, for whatever reason, nearly everyone fails upwards. I think "director at a FAANG" and "VP at a medium sized company" are about the level where roles start defaulting to failing upward.

dzikimarian 6mo ago

Following Boeing example you given below - it's not like the guy was given offer to become a CEO out of the blue & had to endure year to be set for life. He was slowly climbing through the ranks of huge organization over the span of almost 30 years. Given later revelations I certainly wouldn't call it easy or calm - likely even morally challenging sometimes (not admiring anything here - simply any position of power comes with this kind of issues - no matter you're playing for good or bad guys). Taste of Boeing shareholders for execs is whole other discussion, but I really don't think there's huge crowd of people both willing and capable of filling those shoes.