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> 2. What's your background?

> Male. Two years of professional experience. Bachelors. Non-ivy league school. Previously from a unicorn startup. I'm mentioning these because people ask, not that I think they matter.

Being an alumni from unicorn startup is my guess on why he got these offers.

People are obsessed with salaries and positions which I think is unhealthy. But what I find ironic is that I have always heard the rich talk about how money can't buy happiness or how you should take risks from people who have some kind of backing - monetary/family or like here how background doesn't matter, even with evidence like unicorn or referrals.

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Money can absolutely buy a lot of contributing factors to Happiness. However it can't solve your unhappiness.

Also not having money will often cause unhappiness.

You're as wise as your username.

To add to your points, money used to invest in experiences with loved ones will certainly add to happiness.

This is really interesting because "it can't solve your unhappiness" "not having money will often cause unhappiness"

So by definition, having money will not solve your unhappiness caused by not having money :)

From a practical point of view, SF is expensive to live in so being 'obsessed' with salary might just be practical. Being able to know the range your in is also good, regardless of location, for not being taken advantage of, especially if you're young and new to the business world.

I think beyond salary, maybe you meant money in general or the social status that having a lot of it confers. That can be a particular obsession that is not healthy for a person or society in general.

Also, there are people obsessed with titles as status, which can be funny. A former co-worker made a stink about not getting a 'promoted' to a certain title level. At her next year's review, she finally did and she was ecstatic. She was doing the same job with the same duties and getting paid the same. But she had the title.

I'm not sure, I work at one of those companies and the numbers sound about right for 2-4 yrs out of undergraduate.

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