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I loved working at my last job mostly why I even stayed so long. I asked to be paid fairly and nothing happened, after a few weeks of looking I was offered 10x as much. Still miss working there though.

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10x?! For that to not be an astronomical amount, you would have had to be making around minimum wage, no?

I make hyperbolic statements like this all the time. I'd personally take that to mean he jumped a few levels on the income ladder from say working poor to middle class. The point is it feels like 10x.

It wasn't much above minimum wage. I really don't care about making a lot personally, I had access to interesting projects there and a lot of resources I could never afford personally, as well as the freedom to pursue what I was working on however I wanted. Also, everyone I worked with was brilliant and I learned a lot.

I just couldn't afford to live.

Same. I kind of miss my old work and company but I just make so much more money over here. Work is pretty boring atm though so I'm always looking around, kind of have the feeling I'm in a golden cage at the moment. Want to start something of my own but am too scared to actually do it after I recently got a kid.

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