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Re:Ask HN: How to make more than $1mn+/yr as a software engi... by bshimmin on Friday February 10, 2017 @03:34AM (#13614034)
Why? Do you think it will make you happy? I used to think money would at least make life easier, but past a certain point (and that point is vastly less than $1m/year), it really doesn't - you just end up spending it on stupid and pointlessly expensive things that mean you have to make more of it in order to be where you were before.

And when you look at the really rich people, like Zuckerberg, Buffett, or Gates, what do they do with their money? Why, they give it away.

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Re:Ask HN: How to make more than $1mn+/yr as a software engi... by zump on Friday February 10, 2017 @03:52AM (#13614126)
This perspective is common amongst people who are making "enough".

But most people in the world don't. Enough with the moralizing.

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Re:Ask HN: How to make more than $1mn+/yr as a software engi... by austinjp on Friday February 10, 2017 @05:42AM (#13614501)
Your perspective is odd and not based on evidence. Happiness does not scale linearly in relation to earnings. It tops out around £40k in the UK, if I remember the stat correctly.

Of course, there are outliers, people whose happiness does scale linearly with their earnings. More importantly, I feel, is the vertigo associated with income, the fear and worry of taking a cut in earnings. Lifestyle expands to fit income.

It does not seem that you have considered the why, only the what. Why do you want $1m? Several others have raised this question here. You will be far, far more satisfied if you spend a time considering this in detail.

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Re:Ask HN: How to make more than $1mn+/yr as a software engi... by clackanon on Sunday February 12, 2017 @01:37PM (#13629755)
Seems to me like you're attributing motives to zump that you have no place doing.

Maybe zump is motivated by generosity. Maybe zump does have plans to share the riches.

You're just guessing. Don't judge.

¯\_(ツ)_/¯

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Re:Ask HN: How to make more than $1mn+/yr as a software engi... by thinkloop on Friday February 10, 2017 @03:39AM (#13614067)
They give it away while still keeping millions/billions for themselves. Money is the worst if you give your life for it, but otherwise it's pretty good.
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