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Re: I quit the tech industry

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Post by jkot »

yc1010 wrote: post #40
jkot wrote: post #31

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Some source on Irish taxes? Last time I checked income tax in Ireland was one of lowest in Europe. Bellow €40K (+-) was 20%, everything over 40%. Same income in Germany is taxed way higher.

Try this calculator, in the last few years taxes have increased a lot. Also keep in mind if you are a director of a company (Startup etc) you lose a good chunk of your tax credits Anyways to answer your question, play around with calculator http://download.pwc.com/ie/budget-2015/index.html A single 30 year old (average age of HNers?) earning €100K will receive €58,869 after all the income taxes From this money he/she…

And? I would still consider it pretty reasonable tax for Europe. My relatives are paying 60% taxes from ~€15,000 salary.

Re: I quit the tech industry

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Post by teh_klev »

jkot wrote: post #31
yc1010 wrote: post #11

I have been working for myself for last 8 years after completing my masters, in hindsight financially I did not do too badly (tho there was some great and ups and incredible downs!) and it is NICE working from home and watching your kid grow (tho there are quite a lot of distractions!!! says he who is procrastinating reading HN :D ) BUT if I was offered a job with guaranteed employment and steady wages and (gaaasp pe…

Some source on Irish taxes? Last time I checked income tax in Ireland was one of lowest in Europe. Bellow €40K (+-) was 20%, everything over 40%. Same income in Germany is taxed way higher.

See here:

http://www.revenue.ie/en/tax/it/leaflets/it1.html#section3

Under: "Tax Rates and Tax Bands"

VAT:

http://www.revenue.ie/en/tax/vat/guide/vat-rates.html#sectio...

http://www.revenue.ie/en/tax/vat/rates/current-historic-rate...

Re: I quit the tech industry

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Post by dagw »

johan_larson wrote: post #34
probablyfiction wrote: post #17

This is what burnout looks like. Unless Yelp has a toxic work culture, it's likely the author brought it on themselves by pushing too hard. After several months, the author will probably start thinking about work again, and begin the job search once more. Not to say that the author's points are invalid; it's a terrible feeling to have to spend your most productive hours working on someone else's problems. He or she m…

Generally speaking, if you have to pay people to do it, there is something nasty about the work. It's strenuous or dangerous or dirty or degrading or stressful or boring. If it were actually fun, people would be doing it for free. (Exceptions, anyone?) We programmers are quite lucky. At its worst our work is only frustrating. And we are well compensated, usually. Don't get me wrong; programming itself can be lots of…

Generally speaking, if you have to pay people to do it, there is something nasty about the work.

It's also a question of time management. I can only do N things in a week/month/year. If you want one of those things to be your thing, you're going to have to convince me to priorities it over other things. Money is a quick and convenient way to do that.

Re: I quit the tech industry

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Post by technomancy »

jkot wrote: post #25

Perhaps it is just working environment? Since I quit cubicle my productivity skyrocketed and I actually enjoy it. Banging your head against a wall on unsolvable problem? Lets take kids for lunch, some swimming on beach. I will resume head banging at evening, but problem is usually cracked before that.

I agree with the sentiment, but I don't think it would help in this case as he says he was already working remotely.

Re: I quit the tech industry

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Post by Retric »

aaggarwal wrote: post #26
probablyfiction wrote: post #17

This is what burnout looks like. Unless Yelp has a toxic work culture, it's likely the author brought it on themselves by pushing too hard. After several months, the author will probably start thinking about work again, and begin the job search once more. Not to say that the author's points are invalid; it's a terrible feeling to have to spend your most productive hours working on someone else's problems. He or she m…

I am going to start working soon. This makes me think if full-time work is really worth it. Wouldn't multiple short-term contracts with regular breaks be able to cut it in today's world? Isn't there people with experience on working on short-term contracts and still living well-off?

A 40 hour a week job works out to ~1/3 of your time while awake which is fine. ~(40 * 48)/(16 * 365)

The problem is it's easy to get worse than that add a 1h each way commute and 10 hour days, and skip vacations that's half your waking life. ~(60 * 50)/(16 * 365) And of course you need a few hours a day just for prep time and meals etc so quickly you only get free time to relax on the weekends.

Re: I quit the tech industry

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Post by czechdeveloper »

iopq wrote: post #38
probablyfiction wrote: post #17

This is what burnout looks like. Unless Yelp has a toxic work culture, it's likely the author brought it on themselves by pushing too hard. After several months, the author will probably start thinking about work again, and begin the job search once more. Not to say that the author's points are invalid; it's a terrible feeling to have to spend your most productive hours working on someone else's problems. He or she m…

I quit the tech industry over a year ago and I'm not itching back. Maybe if I did something part time that could work, because I don't want to spend more than 20 hours a week working.

What industry are you now in, that you can work 20h/week? Just curious, you are living my dream.

Re: I quit the tech industry

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Post by ode »

yc1010 wrote: post #18
rblstr wrote: post #14

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Well, you've just convinced me never to return to Ireland until I retire, thanks!

Yeh me and my kids will be paying for a long time for the worlds biggest banking (per capita) debacle and the destruction of the economy in the 00s by various governments. With kids its sort of hard to leave :( Tho' it is a nice place to live despite all the carry on. But hey look over there at the news yet another multinational setting up to launder/funnel money onto somewhere warmer and seems like a housing bubble…

Doesn't Ireland have a graduated tax system?

Re: I quit the tech industry

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Post by CrLf »

"I’ve worked remotely my whole career"

I wonder how much of a role does this play in (not) caring about your employer's problems...

As much as I can understand the benefits of working remotely on occasion, doing it all the time will cause a kind of disconnect all by itself. You see the problems as your employer's problems, instead of your team's problems. Your are fixing your employer instead of helping your teammates.

Re: I quit the tech industry

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Post by [deleted] »

jkot wrote: post #31
yc1010 wrote: post #11

I have been working for myself for last 8 years after completing my masters, in hindsight financially I did not do too badly (tho there was some great and ups and incredible downs!) and it is NICE working from home and watching your kid grow (tho there are quite a lot of distractions!!! says he who is procrastinating reading HN :D ) BUT if I was offered a job with guaranteed employment and steady wages and (gaaasp pe…

Some source on Irish taxes? Last time I checked income tax in Ireland was one of lowest in Europe. Bellow €40K (+-) was 20%, everything over 40%. Same income in Germany is taxed way higher.

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