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These are the constraints in employment: high compensation, fulfillment, or stability. You can pick one, maybe two. If you want a meaningful and stable job, choose to work in a stable industry (such as Federal Government), and forego the high compensation.

Follow your passion and discover your personal Ikigai. Save money for the rainy days and times of uncertainty.

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I’ve worked on some of the most fundamental systems behind the public cloud at two of the largest three clouds. I’ve always felt like I had all three. How stable it ends up being I guess is tbd :|

Lucky. I am the same way, stable job, high pay, and very rewarding, although I think if I were to be honest, and know my own worth, I'd know I was being short-changed both in my pay and fulfillment, versus working for myself. But to each their own...

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