Re:Ask HN: How do you deal with professional jealousy and ge...
by kamaal on Wednesday April 08, 2015 @04:51PM
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I'm not talking of happiness in that context. You are never truly free if as long as you have to work to make a living.
Once you have financial independence you can do anything you want, take unlimited vacations, learn music, go hiking, ride a motorcycle all day, heck you can even code all day and work on interesting projects without the fear of getting fired, denied a raise or whatever.
Re:Ask HN: How do you deal with professional jealousy and ge...
by devnul3 on Wednesday April 08, 2015 @05:59PM
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Your statements carry with them the implicit assumption that "anything you want to do" and what you do to make a living aren't the same thing. For some they are.
Once you have financial independence you can do anything you want, take unlimited vacations, learn music, go hiking, ride a motorcycle all day, heck you can even code all day and work on interesting projects without the fear of getting fired, denied a raise or whatever.
Work you like makes you happy, but not free.