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If I quit my job a bunch of people will be very negatively impacted. I can switch jobs and I can work on stuff in my spare time, but I can't go to zero income.
by mcdoug 6y ago
If I quit my job a bunch of people will be very negatively impacted. I can switch jobs and I can work on stuff in my spare time, but I can't go to zero income. Unlike Bezos, my family doesn't have anything they can loan me.
- giantg2 6y agoYeah, I'd be living in a van down by the river if I quit.
- ethanwillis 6y agoI own a van and have a river in my city, maybe you can bring the food?
- giantg2 6y agoI would, but my wife would leave me.
- bordercases 6y agoLife has tradeoffs – a lot of founders burn through marriages don't they?
- giantg2 6y agoTrue. I'm stuck at my current job. I would have quit a few years ago (I've been miserable for 4 years) if I wasn't married. I'd probably move to my parents', do LeetCode and Hacker rank for a couple months, then land a high paying job to save as much as possible, and then retire early to a small farm in a low cost of living area.
- bordercases 6y agoNot that I mean to pry but that sounds like it benefits everyone involved if it meant the pay raise – get a few months in savings in then bootstrap from there. Easier said than done I know.
- giantg2 6y agoMy wife says she will never move out of the area. She goes to work when I get home to watch the kid and spends all that money on horses. So I don't have any free time to do LeetCode and I am forced to stay here and pay all the bills.
- bdcravens 6y agoSounds like your problems aren't really income or job problems.
- bdcravens 6y agoOf course, few have that luxury. When drawing comparisons, it's important to not have false equivalence.