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OR join meta, sell your soul, stay for 7 years, then retire and be done with work forever!!!

by mathgladiator 5mo ago

whateveracct 5mo ago
7 years at a toxic workplace is tough
- somewhatgoated 5mo ago
  I’d rather be poor
  - voidfunc 5mo ago
    Id rather not. Ive never known poverty in my life and I will do _anything_ to avoid it.
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    - kelnos 5mo ago
      Fortunately there are many other options than "work at Meta" or "be poor".
    - shimman 5mo ago
      I'm sorry but if you can work at Meta you can work at any other company in the US. You're clearly making a choice. Lets not forget "I'm just following orders" wasn't a valid excuse.
  - whateveracct 5mo ago
    there's a middle ground i make good money but not FAANG. like quarter million a year + equity that is sometimes liquid for more. i do it remote and for a company that isn't so brutally antagonistic as meta. remote also means i don't commute, don't get trapped in an office for 40+ hrs/week, and can spend more time during the workday on my personal life than work itself. so i make less money in an absolute sense, but i am not in any pain or being surveilled or being bullied to work hard. and honestly i make more money per hour worked than a meta employee. so lower salary, higher effective hourly wage.
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menloshark 5mo ago
Maybe if you joined 10 years ago lmao
teaearlgraycold 5mo ago
I 100% understand the appeal of freedom from external pressures that retirement offers. But at the same time all the (many) people I know that retired early mostly just goof off and struggle to complete any of their many projects. And don’t get me wrong, I love goofing off. Been doing plenty of it. But given my inevitable death I have to appreciate a little external pressure forcing me to do good work.
- wotsdat 5mo ago
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- xp84 5mo ago
  If I were fortunate enough to be in that position, I think I’d partner up with a buddy to build something cool (that is unlikely to be a big moneymaker) and rely on each other for that pressure.
- Mars008 5mo ago
  > and struggle to complete any of their many projects Hmm.. I don't struggle, I enjoy it. The goal isn't to start glossy product production. It's to learn how to do it. As soon as it's obvious project is usually shelved. Except for the 'main line' projects which together can result in something significant.
- toast0 5mo ago
  > But at the same time all the (many) people I know that retired early mostly just goof off and struggle to complete any of their many projects. I retired early and ended up going back to work part time. I didn't complete many of my projects, but that's not why I went back. Most of my projects were things I wanted to play with, not things I expected to finish. Working part time is nice because of external pressure, but really, the most of the pressure is cause I'll feel bad if I disappoint the people that are letting me work with them. I don't feel bad if I don't get my personal projects done, because nobody is going to use them anyway.
  - teaearlgraycold 5mo ago
jimbokun 5mo ago
Will they still be offering enough compensation over the next 7 years for that to be true? Not sure their stock price will continue to rise as it gas in the past.

OR join meta, sell your soul, stay for 7 years, then retire and be done with work forever!!!

whateveracct 5mo ago

7 years at a toxic workplace is tough

somewhatgoated 5mo ago
I’d rather be poor
- voidfunc 5mo ago
  Id rather not. Ive never known poverty in my life and I will do _anything_ to avoid it.
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  - kelnos 5mo ago
    Fortunately there are many other options than "work at Meta" or "be poor".
  - shimman 5mo ago
    I'm sorry but if you can work at Meta you can work at any other company in the US. You're clearly making a choice. Lets not forget "I'm just following orders" wasn't a valid excuse.
- whateveracct 5mo ago
  there's a middle ground i make good money but not FAANG. like quarter million a year + equity that is sometimes liquid for more. i do it remote and for a company that isn't so brutally antagonistic as meta. remote also means i don't commute, don't get trapped in an office for 40+ hrs/week, and can spend more time during the workday on my personal life than work itself. so i make less money in an absolute sense, but i am not in any pain or being surveilled or being bullied to work hard. and honestly i make more money per hour worked than a meta employee. so lower salary, higher effective hourly wage.

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menloshark 5mo ago

Maybe if you joined 10 years ago lmao

teaearlgraycold 5mo ago

I 100% understand the appeal of freedom from external pressures that retirement offers. But at the same time all the (many) people I know that retired early mostly just goof off and struggle to complete any of their many projects. And don’t get me wrong, I love goofing off. Been doing plenty of it. But given my inevitable death I have to appreciate a little external pressure forcing me to do good work.

wotsdat 5mo ago
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xp84 5mo ago
If I were fortunate enough to be in that position, I think I’d partner up with a buddy to build something cool (that is unlikely to be a big moneymaker) and rely on each other for that pressure.
Mars008 5mo ago
> and struggle to complete any of their many projects Hmm.. I don't struggle, I enjoy it. The goal isn't to start glossy product production. It's to learn how to do it. As soon as it's obvious project is usually shelved. Except for the 'main line' projects which together can result in something significant.
toast0 5mo ago
> But at the same time all the (many) people I know that retired early mostly just goof off and struggle to complete any of their many projects. I retired early and ended up going back to work part time. I didn't complete many of my projects, but that's not why I went back. Most of my projects were things I wanted to play with, not things I expected to finish. Working part time is nice because of external pressure, but really, the most of the pressure is cause I'll feel bad if I disappoint the people that are letting me work with them. I don't feel bad if I don't get my personal projects done, because nobody is going to use them anyway.
- teaearlgraycold 5mo ago

jimbokun 5mo ago

Will they still be offering enough compensation over the next 7 years for that to be true? Not sure their stock price will continue to rise as it gas in the past.