>> > high paying, high status, highly stimulating work
> I make median wages
So it's not "high paying".
> do work that borders on "fun" more often than not
That sound a quite far from "highly stimulating work".
> I have a pretty low bar of "status"
...you made my point.
>> So it's not "high paying".
Median full-stack developer making median city wages in the country? Okay.
>> That sound a quite far from "highly stimulating work".
No it doesn't.
>> I have a pretty low bar of "status"
Yeah well, what's yours?
I make median wages for "lead full stack developer" role at a company with no central office (I live in the middle of nowhere.) I also have a fairly good amount of autonomy and authority, and do work that borders on "fun" more often than not.
Maybe you could say that I have no "status" compared to some pedigreed, Fortune 500 C-suite type but that doesn't really interest me so much. I come from a working class Appalachian family so I have a pretty low bar of "status" which really just means "professional respect" to me.