I became a USPS mail carrier instead.
Certainly less pay but I love being outside and walking.
And no Jira, changing the color of that button, or steeping myself in Frank’s eldritch horror code.
Certainly less pay but I love being outside and walking.
And no Jira, changing the color of that button, or steeping myself in Frank’s eldritch horror code.
If I was trying to attract intelligent applicants looking for work outside of software engineering, that would be in the headline.
Fingerprints, background checks, references, and drug testing.
It’s the CIA. But good benefits.
Yea, I'm there with your dad...
Not officially, but once you remove the skills required for the tasks, it's not all that different.
I take martial arts classes, yoga classes, have nice apartment, eat what I want, have a decent car, etc.
I really don’t want anything, except ridiculous things no one can afford, like sure I’d be up for buying a Cathedral and converting it to a $20m house.
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Liquid 3 years (savings plus liquid investments). 2 years in IRA. Set to inherit somewhere between 20-40 years worth.
I just have to work to make ends meet, let my investments mature, and eventually inherit.
It feels weird because I love my parents, but it’s something to plan around nonetheless.
I walk around all the time anyway, to any destination within the city. I have a car and still do this.
To each their own.