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Re:Ask HN: Is it possible to make FAANG salaries without wor... by kevinsync on Tuesday July 23, 2024 @11:21AM (#41046922)
Yes. This is a bit reductive, but literally everything is out there for the taking -- you just have to go out and get it!

Anecdotally, I've noticed that a disproportionate amount of formally-educated people I've encountered in life are more allergic to this idea than the opposite.. I don't have any solid theories as to why, exactly, but it's curious nonetheless.

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Re:Ask HN: Is it possible to make FAANG salaries without wor... by xeromal on Tuesday July 23, 2024 @11:27AM (#41046994)
Because a lot of people don't want everything resting on them. Takes a special kind of person. I know I ain't one. My dad owned his own business with a 100 employees and it was miserable growing up
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Re:Ask HN: Is it possible to make FAANG salaries without wor... by mr90210 on Tuesday July 23, 2024 @11:26AM (#41046975)
Have look at Nassim Taleb’s Skin In The Game. He explores this topic at length.
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Re:Ask HN: Is it possible to make FAANG salaries without wor... by randomdata on Tuesday July 23, 2024 @01:59PM (#41048933)
> I don't have any solid theories as to why

What sees you discount the obvious? That is, formally educated people end up in formal education because they have a proclivity towards not wanting to have to go out and get it. They want someone else to hand it to them. Which is, after all, what the "formal" part of formal education describes.

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Re:Ask HN: Is it possible to make FAANG salaries without wor... by sakopov on Tuesday July 23, 2024 @02:01PM (#41048955)
The problem is identifying what to go out and get. Because most people will go out and get the wrong thing and end up burning themselves out of future endeavors.
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