Hacker News Reader

Haha nice, I always like when people think this way because I've realized I only need so much money also and killing myself working to get more than that is pointless because I already know very well that money doesn't bring happiness by itself but having too little also leads to unhappiness. I have no idea what the answer is to your question but I'm going to be reading the comments.

View on HN

Yeah, it’s quite freeing in a way, knowing that I don’t want a billion dollars. Everyone wants to be rich, but by knowing how rich, you can plan a lot better.

I think it can be a good way to size up a person too, I once was in talks with an entrepreneur who was working on a business and wanted to eventually hire me as a technical lead. He would keep mentioning how he wanted to make the company into a billion dollar company (at the time I think it had like $30k in revenue), of course it didn't work out. Setting realistic goals is very important.

Reply on news.ycombinator.com