Ask HN: How do you deal with professional jealousy and getting older?

Re:Ask HN: How do you deal with professional jealousy and ge... by golergka on Wednesday April 08, 2015 @07:26AM (#9340000)

> Your advice is, at best, useful only to those who already have their basic needs provided for.

Most of commenters on this site are software engineers — and this profession usually pays pretty well, to the point that we can safely assume that if the person is a capable software engineer, he has his basic needs provided for.

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Re:Ask HN: How do you deal with professional jealousy and ge... by cookiecaper on Wednesday April 08, 2015 @10:42AM (#9341061)

Only insofar as he remains motivated to use his skill for his own support. Even for well-paid software engineers, it can be difficult to amass substantial enough savings to feel comfortable taking 6-12 months off (depending, of course, on individual circumstances). Personally, I believe a sabbatical every few years would do wonders to prevent burnout, but very few plan well enough to make that happen.

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Re:Ask HN: How do you deal with professional jealousy and ge... by golergka on Wednesday April 08, 2015 @11:14AM (#9341255)

It's pretty easy if place where you work and place where you take a break have a different money scale.

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