nonprofit_ta

Re:Ask HN: How to reset expectations with a lower paying job on Wednesday March 16, 2022 @02:34PM (#30702347)

The trouble with option three is that the only was to stay at this salary level is to stay in the world of big tech companies, and 90% of my unhappiness is because I'm at a huge company.

I'd love it if I could find a 20-person startup that could match my current salary, but that's just not very likely.

Re:Ask HN: How to reset expectations with a lower paying job on Wednesday March 16, 2022 @02:15PM (#30702132)

I never said that 100k is "low paying".

I'm well aware of the facts that it's roughly 2x the median household income and is clearly a good paying job. The question isn't "how does somebody survive on 100k", it's "how do you have to adapt your lifestyle when you start making 200k less".

Ask HN: How to reset expectations with a lower paying job

Posted by nonprofit_ta on Tuesday March 15, 2022 @10:33PM
from the ask-hn dept.

I’m currently working as a dev at a non-FAANG (but still big and well known) tech company. The job pays really well, work life balance is great, and it’s overall a very cushy gig. But… I hate it. I don’t like the day to day work and am completely uninterested in the larger company mission.So I started job hunting and got an offer doing dev work at a small nonprofit. It feels like a perfect...

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