Money & careers

Jobs, income and livelihood: careers, quitting, freelancing, salary, money's relation to freedom

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  1. visakanv — trusted by 175 posters here
  2. patio11 — trusted by 121 posters here
  3. eigenrobot — trusted by 118 posters here
  4. m_ashcroft — trusted by 101 posters here
  5. the_wilderless — trusted by 93 posters here
  6. QiaochuYuan — trusted by 112 posters here
  7. eshear — trusted by 113 posters here
  8. AskYatharth — trusted by 100 posters here
  9. goblinodds — trusted by 84 posters here
  10. RichDecibels — trusted by 97 posters here
  11. nosilverv — trusted by 102 posters here
  12. DefenderOfBasic — trusted by 84 posters here

Top posts in Money & careers

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  1. Today I got a call inviting me to consider a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity: to become the interim CEO of @OpenAI. After consulting with my family and reflecting on it for just a few hours, I… (eshear) — 60 likes
  2. i don't know how quickly this is happening but i hope on some reasonable timescale we're going to transition from helping each other explore our feelings etc. to helping each other find ways to make… (QiaochuYuan) — 43 likes
  3. My friends, I have done it, I have set up a fundraiser to give me the cash to buy a house, and avoid the trap of rent/mortgage. I pledge to earn back whatever amount is given here and *pay it… (frideswyth) — 35 likes
  4. gf just said she doesn’t like the term fuck-you-money and prefers “no thank you money” (exgenesis) — 34 likes
  5. a lot of people fantasize about money n status as a proxy for having freedom to do what they really want. interesting thing is that if you're specific about what you really want, you'll often find… (visakanv) — 31 likes
  6. I am once again reminded that one of the great psychic divides is between people who’ve made/sold stuff in the open marketplace, and people who haven’t (visakanv) — 29 likes
  7. just realized I crossed an amazing milestone 90 days ago: I have now been a feral free agent for longer than I was ever a salaried employee (5.5 years), and I’ve also actually made more money since!… (visakanv) — 29 likes
  8. The worst part about having taken that job is now I have to constantly censor myself around making startup-or-AI-related jokes bc everyone will take it like some secret knowledge instead of a dumb… (eshear) — 28 likes
  9. I got a job as a frontend developer! I did it by teaching myself, no computer science education and no coding bootcamp! I have so many people to thank for their help. If you ever interacted with my… (strangestloop) — 27 likes
  10. I feel like there's been a lot of "jobs are bad and you should quit" energy on the timeline lately so here are some reasons jobs are good and what I miss about having one 1) working with smart,… (m_ashcroft) — 27 likes
  11. okay so I kind of dropped everything to make sure I could have incredible friends, a loving family, and a continuing adult education... But I'm sick of drawing from my savings, so I'm entering my… (__drewface) — 27 likes
  12. first day of work at new job fam, wish me luck 🫡 (QiaochuYuan) — 27 likes
  13. Introducing 🟢Twitter Job Board! Make a profile to market your services, showcase your skills, let people know what you're looking for, set up an apprenticeship, or post jobs you can refer for/are… (christineist) — 26 likes
  14. the only downside to improving dentistry is that the elderly will no longer give amazing blowjobs (goblinodds) — 25 likes
  15. how much psychic damage are you willing to take for a paycheck (RichDecibels) — 25 likes
  16. i did this and it really confused everyone in my life https://t.co/vKvygwMl4z (visakanv) — 25 likes
  17. SWEs are treated extremely favorably by employers (good pay, flexible conditions, no standards of professionalism, no required formal education, no hazing rituals, etc) because unlike almost any… (xsphi) — 25 likes
  18. today is my last day at work. ive been at a crypto startup for 6 years, from first hire to head of engineering, and worked in corporate tech for 3 years prior to that. ive never had more than 2… (qorprate) — 25 likes
  19. a few days ago i took a medium dose of acid and wrote for several hours straight and admitted some things to myself, mostly about money let's start here: last august my mom gave me $100,000 for my… (QiaochuYuan) — 24 likes
  20. a lovely milestone: on launch day, selling a book I wrote with all my heart about a topic deeply meaningful to me, I made more money than I used to make in a month at work as a salaried employee… (visakanv) — 24 likes
  21. > vow to get family out of debt> 800 math SAT school, still 10yo> most of my future education now paid for by scholarships> full ride plus at university> drop out after two years to… (zencephalon) — 24 likes
  22. i keep forgetting my employer is not doing a favour to me. i am doing a favour to them. i am making $$$ for every $. this isn't pocket money for being good. it's the power of arbitrage and… (AskYatharth) — 24 likes
  23. fwiw: I started plotting “how do I get out of mainstream rat race wagie life” when I was about 17, and it took about 12 years to play out and pay off. I believe it can be done faster than that if… (visakanv) — 24 likes
  24. for starters I think Rich is totally worth $1000/hr to the right client, even $10k/hr for some second- I’ve seen versions of this crop up, people balking at how much others charge for their… (visakanv) — 24 likes
  25. i just completed a money mapping session with @daemonhugger and it was FASCINATINGyou pull at the thread of your relationship to money and find how its attached to everything else in your life -… (myceliummage) — 22 likes
  26. someone out there would pay good money for the advice you give that your friends and family ignore (visakanv) — 22 likes
  27. a personal finance app should obviously give you a sankey diagram of your income + expenses right https://t.co/c87yfJaCoA (br___ian) — 22 likes
  28. “Money is like gasoline during a road trip. You don’t want to run out of gas on your trip, but you’re not doing a tour of gas stations.” — Tim O’Reilly (Applies equally well to food,… (eshear) — 22 likes
  29. I used to joke about being broke and I started making more money when I decided that I wasn’t gonna do that anymore (visakanv) — 21 likes
  30. I once interviewed like a dozen entrepreneurs my last job and imo the funny thing imo is basically even entrepreneurs don’t particularly want to be their own boss, they just fucking can’t stand… (visakanv) — 21 likes
  31. [overview of my internal dialogue over the last 5 years] me: so now that we have left our job, we can do whatever we want me': yes me: would you like to figure out some sort of plan so we have some… (visakanv) — 21 likes
  32. $130k/year is a rarer gift than being "gifted" imagine being despondent about it lmao couldn't be me (bc I wasn't born a surplus elite American) https://t.co/mLYirUo4Ou https://t.co/X2AaynPMGd (myhandle) — 21 likes
  33. I just realised that today is the three year anniversary of the launch of my little course! Some stats: - 1328 students - $269,846.77 total revenue - c. $7500/month average revenue I don't have… (m_ashcroft) — 21 likes
  34. hey who wants to be in a group chat for soulful physics of money? like, I’ve noticed 1. money clearly pools in some places and not others 2. people often trade soul-for-money but I don’t think #2… (relic_radiation) — 21 likes
  35. Wild that people take on high-paying careers to afford a life of massages, luxury apts, and fancy food that then just primarily become a way to treat the emotional damage of the high-paying career (TylerAlterman) — 21 likes
  36. I know *many* people who would have a lot to offer the world if they weren’t so burnt out from their bs desk jobs. So much wasted potential One cool thing about the (in)famous Leverage research is… (TylerAlterman) — 21 likes
  37. the range of “real jobs” is so much wider than anybody who ever tells you to “get a real job” thinks it is https://t.co/ANcnRf9Q7Q (visakanv) — 21 likes
  38. Pinning this. Best recorded take on what I work on and think about. https://t.co/XXswSGoy6v (RomeoStevens76) — 20 likes
  39. if you spend 40+ hours a week doing something, it’s inevitably going to mold your thought processes and personality an underrated heuristic for deciding on jobs/relationships/etc is deciding whether… (demiurgently) — 20 likes
  40. The concept of paid emotional labor is a monkey paw's wish for women. 1. It commodifies motherhood, caring and human relationship. 2. It makes individual women fungible and exploits/controls the… (vividvoid) — 20 likes
  41. people dunking on me just gets me more followers and sells me more ebooks. I’m very directly incentivized to post things that get me dunked on. If I say some stupid shit I can make $500 from a few… (visakanv) — 20 likes
  42. if you wanted to bring in 5-10k in a month without a job what are some ways you would do that (myceliummage) — 20 likes
  43. My status as a NEET is temporarily suspended tomorrow, but might turn into a longer term thing. Wish me luck! (PrinceVogel) — 20 likes
  44. woaaahhhhh I got paid https://t.co/JrGqUiMzMk (christineist) — 20 likes
  45. given that many ppl in tpot are aspiring or existing feral free agents, we need a wave of essays, ideas and directories that radically expand our perception of how money is made. even if we are… (neats29) — 20 likes
  46. > be me> learn about compound interest when 10yo> snoop around and discover my parents have $75k of credit debt at something like 22% interest on maybe $50k yearly income> why we don’t… (zencephalon) — 20 likes
  47. every decision I’ve made with “in order to make money” has been bad (metaLulie) — 20 likes
  48. One of my roles in a group is to encourage people to make money. Especially highly ethical people for whom money making is borderline kinky. https://t.co/Q0mYhTjTgx (RichDecibels) — 19 likes
  49. ok I’m going to dust off my marketing blog and do a bunch of updates etc. My goal is to help all my friends get rich and successful (without compromising on their values). Hit me with your questions… (visakanv) — 19 likes
  50. if you can figure out what is worth a million dollars to you in your heart, and it costs $10k, you can be a millionaire in your heart in a matter of months. and this shows in your face and body,… (visakanv) — 19 likes

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