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The trouble with option three is that the only was to stay at this salary level is to stay in the world of big tech companies, and 90% of my unhappiness is because I'm at a huge company.

I'd love it if I could find a 20-person startup that could match my current salary, but that's just not very likely.

I never said that 100k is "low paying".

I'm well aware of the facts that it's roughly 2x the median household income and is clearly a good paying job. The question isn't "how does somebody survive on 100k", it's "how do you have to adapt your lifestyle when you start making 200k less".