> you get 2 years to do what you want. Subtract the time you would spend on the next job search, and also the time you (or at least I) would spend crippled by

> you get 2 years to do what you want. Subtract the time you would spend on the next job search, and also the time you (or at least I) would spend crippled by the anticipation of it. > nobody's forcing you to make the trade if you find it objectionable. I would say that the threat of death by starvation and exposure fits the definition of "force" pretty well. (Assuming the trade you're talking about is employment in general.) > You can't get something for nothing, though. Much of Hacker News consists of people who eventually hope to live their lives getting something for nothing (namely, living off the interest from a princely sum earned from the sale of their start-up.) The entire ruling caste of our society continuously gets "something for nothing."