Aren't you still better off than the rest of us who found what they love + invested decades in it before it lost its value. Isn't it better to lose your love when you still have time to find a new one?

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josephg 5 hours ago | parent | next [-]

I don't think so. Those of us who found what we love and invested decades into it got to spend decades getting paid well to do what we love.

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pesus 7 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Depends on if their new love provides as much money as their old one, which is probably not likely. I'd rather have had those decades to stash and invest.

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jasonfarnon 6 hours ago | parent [-]

A lot of pre-faang engineers dont have the stash you're thinking about. What you meant was "right when I found a lucrative job that I love". What was going on in tech these last 15 years, unfortunately, probably was once in a lifetime.

	▲	WarmWash 5 hours ago \| parent [-]
		It's crazy to think back in the 80's programmers had "mild" salaries despite programming back then being worlds more punishing. No libraries, no stack exchange, no forums, no endless memory and infinite compute. If you had a challenging bug you better also be proficient in reading schematics and probing circuits.

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nfredericks 6 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

This is genuinely such a good take

	▲	dugidugout 3 hours ago \| parent [-]
		Especially on the topic of value! We are all intuitively aware that value is highly contextual, but get in a knot trying to rationalize value long past genuine engagement!