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A comment on Ask HN: My friend made it big. How to handle?.

Re:Ask HN: My friend made it big. How to handle? by giantg2 on Saturday August 14, 2021 @07:16AM (#28179755)
Say congratulations and just go back to normal.

Multimillion dollar payouts are so rare that if you make that the goal then you will most likely fail. Chances are that your current job is a reasonable definition of success.

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Re:Ask HN: My friend made it big. How to handle? by _threads on Saturday August 14, 2021 @11:32AM (#28181424)
Yes! Most important thing is happiness balance between your job, how much you’re paid, your team and how much fun you have at work, and how you can spend your free time on what makes you happy.

For the same reason I never felt jealous about colleagues or people who won big money with Bitcoin or other magic techniques. Happy for them, but I’m happy with my choices too.

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