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On the other hand, one could easily work at Facebook for 10 years and have enough saved up to retire immediately depending on what their living expenses look like. So taking a 30% paycut to work on something that you find more interesting is less about being able to retire and more about working on something interesting until you decide that you'd rather retire.

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The kicker for me is based on my age, savings rates, and planned spending, a 30% drop from FB level comp could put retirement nearly twice as many years in the future.

I’d have to really hate my job to give that up, especially since he noted it’s easy to rest and vest with a few hours of work per day.

"twice" is not that much when you are already close to retire (like 2 years).

If a 30% drop from insanely overpaid to highly overpaid doubles how long you have to work until you "retire" _and_ you feel the need to whine about this fact in public, the solution is simple: thank god every day that being an entitled asshole is not a crime

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