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[–] [email protected] 39 points 7 months ago (2 children)

The more money I make the sooner I can stop working.

So bigger salary = bigger happy. Always. There's no number that is "enough".

I enjoy my job, so working 20 more years isn't that onerous.

But I'd rather retire tomorrow than work for anyone else.

[–] tdawg 18 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Honestly? If I won the lottery today I would still work. I really really enjoy my work. It keeps me focused and motivated. My problem is having my livelyhood tied to the wims of a chaotic prideful coke filled VC

[–] [email protected] 5 points 7 months ago

That's fair, and also true for me.

I enjoy laboring. I do not enjoy working for others.

I've got endless amounts of side projects that I never have enough mental energy for because the job saps it all.

When I got laid off last year I had about a month between jobs where I got to just do whatever I wanted. After about a week of decompressing I started working 5ish hours a day on side projects, because I wanted something that was more mentally stimulating.

[–] just_change_it 14 points 7 months ago (2 children)

There’s no number that is “enough”.

A quadrillion dollars per minute ought to be enough for anybody.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 7 months ago (1 children)

See that means I would instantly retire, so I wouldn't be working.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 7 months ago

You would work until you got your first paycheck. If it were a job that paid you under the table you could theoretically work a single shift. Best job ever.

[–] BreadstickNinja 1 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Putting that much money into circulation would cause hyperinflation and then a gallon of milk would cost 10 quintillion dollars and you're back to square one.

[–] [email protected] -1 points 7 months ago (1 children)

>Putting that much money into circulation would cause hyperinflation

so dont circulate it.

[–] just_change_it 1 points 7 months ago

Right... if one person owns a quadrillion dollars but doesn't spend it there is no inflation. They'd just spend a billion here... a billion there... buying up all those midsized businesses or swathes of land.