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0 pointsbtrettel7y ago0 comments

> at a job that pays way too much money to even consider anything else.

I've seen this sentiment expressed elsewhere, and I don't understand it. While I can't speak for others, there are many jobs I probably wouldn't take regardless of how much they paid. These jobs often harm society or are bad for other reasons (lack of autonomy, burnout, etc.).

Most jobs I'm qualified for pay me enough that I'm happy. Once I reach that point, I'm optimizing other axes.

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eloff7y ago

I think everyone has a price. Offer me enough and I'll reluctantly optimize advertising click through working with a 20 year old code base written in PHP with no tests and the only comments being the sarcastic rants of the anguished souls crushed before me.

jackgolding7y ago

yep and the problem with this is its a lot harder to move from 100k down to 50k a year than what people think.

psyc7y ago

I regularly accept lower pay to ensure I only ever work on things I care about. No complaints.

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