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Re:Quitting the Rat Race by csomar on Monday January 16, 2023 @09:26PM (#34408447)
You are the status quo. By leaving, you are breaking their new (since FAANGs are a recent thing) social structure. They’d definitively not support you.
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Re:Quitting the Rat Race by unforeseen9991 on Tuesday January 17, 2023 @12:21AM (#34409413)
Jealousy and resentment as well
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Re:Quitting the Rat Race by strken on Tuesday January 17, 2023 @12:23AM (#34409421)
I think it's more likely that he's a success story, and it's disheartening to see your example of success quit and "stop doing anything."

This is of course unfair to him and he shouldn't be beholden to other people using him as an exemplar, nor is it likely that he's done nothing since retiring, but it's an understandable reaction.

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