In my first Silicon Valley job, I thought I was making X. I never really looked carefully at my paycheck. Honest. I was 20 something and I really just didn't check. Turned out I was making 2X.

My boss got a call one day (open seating) and said, Yes. Yes. Noooo. I'll talk to him about about it right now. We went into the closet (seriously) for privacy and he asked if I thought I was overpaid. I said no. He explained to me that I had been paid 2X.

1X was not that much different. I spent less. But really, I got used to it pretty quickly.