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Re: The quiet rebellion of a little life

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Post by herval » Tue, Jan 21, 2025, 5:21 PM UTC

SoftTalker wrote: post #28

fireynis wrote: post #5

I always think these kinds of mentalities are based on people who have never been in dire straits or financially insecure. Living a simple life is almost impossible, pursuing wealth is probably the only way to be secure in a simple life. Even if you FIRE, you need to pretty aggressively pursue wealth at the beginning to make it work.

My reaction as well. Sure, one can have a fulfilling life without always chasing more, more more and it is might be worth thinking about cutting out some excessive consumerism, but this... breakfast in bed on a sunday morning- sticky buns and black coffee, sharing a bed with my best friend. having more children. walking through the park while listening to the sounds of nature and kids laughing in the playground nearb…

what in that list requires someone to be wealthy?

Re: The quiet rebellion of a little life

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Post by herval » Tue, Jan 21, 2025, 5:27 PM UTC

bdangubic wrote: post #97

c0redump wrote: post #91

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> even if you are at FAANG making high six figures you still a slave I’m sorry, but do you know what a “slave” is? I can’t imagine the kind of hopelessly ignorant perspective a person must have to say something like this.

when you have no control over your life, when you can get paged on your honeymoon or your kids birthday, when you need to ask permission to take time off… as society we are past what was slavery back in the day - now we got modern-day slavery, working for THE MAN

Feudal peasants weren't slaves. Employees aren't slaves. Serving someone makes you a serf in the worst case, not a slave.

If you were a FAANG slave, Google could literally prevent you from marrying, or ship you in a box to a different country without warning, or just kill you if you're no longer passing the bar.

Re: The quiet rebellion of a little life

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Post by meiraleal » Wed, Jan 22, 2025, 1:31 AM UTC

pdimitar wrote: post #130

meiraleal wrote: post #129

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Maybe just for now? Imagine if China start hiring all the laid off engineers. The US companies would need to start hiring again, paying even more than the first round.

Cool but who is going to support me while this happens? I mean I get you but it's not happening any family people in the meantime...

> Cool but who is going to support me while this happens?

I don't know. Is this some arrangement you have had in your life? Being supported by others wasn't never an option for me, I will not expect to be the case now that my chosen career doesn't look as great anymore. I live frugally (after losing everything creating a startup) and saved most of my salary in the past 5 years tho which now gives me some space to breath and plan for the next breakthrough. If things get better again, you should use the current terrible position you are in as a reference to also save most of your salary if you get a good job in tech.

Re: The quiet rebellion of a little life

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Post by pdimitar » Wed, Jan 22, 2025, 1:34 AM UTC

meiraleal wrote: post #133

pdimitar wrote: post #130

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Cool but who is going to support me while this happens? I mean I get you but it's not happening any family people in the meantime...

> Cool but who is going to support me while this happens? I don't know. Is this some arrangement you have had in your life? Being supported by others wasn't never an option for me, I will not expect to be the case now that my chosen career doesn't look as great anymore. I live frugally (after losing everything creating a startup) and saved most of my salary in the past 5 years tho which now gives me some space to bre…

Of course it was never an option, how can you even ask. We the men either provide or are thrown aside, as you are well-aware.

Mine was a bit of a snarky question admittedly. As said above (and I just noticed I made a typo or a grammar mistake, not sure which of both as I typed on the phone), I get your idea but nobody cares how are people supporting themselves during transitional periods. :(

Re: The quiet rebellion of a little life

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Post by southernplaces7 » Fri, Jan 24, 2025, 10:37 AM UTC

bdangubic wrote: post #108

antisthenes wrote: post #103

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I don't remember ever asking permission to take time off. I just put the days I'm going to be out on the calendar and inform my team/boss/manager after the fact. And these weren't cushy FAANG jobs either. Just your typical run of the mill IT-adjacent roles. > when you can get paged on your honeymoon or your kids birthday Yes, you can be paged, but if you set your boundaries, you don't have to respond to the page. Aga…

I just put the days I'm going to be out on the calendar and inform my team/boss/manager after the fact. why do you have to do that? who is this “boss” of yours that needs to know about what you do? as long as you work for someone you are owned and exploited. if we had a nice chat meeting each other irl and we broached the subject of compesation and you said “I am L76 at Netflix making $965k” I am would be immensely h…

>as long as you work for someone you are owned and exploited.

Truly, are you this deluded and bereft of perspective? Making such a claim about the vast majority of modern workers in the developed world is not only completely off the rails but also an insult to the real meaning of slavery and those who suffer it or have.

You've never exchanged money for someone elses labor in your life? Or had someone pay you to deliver your labor? Are you so privileged as to have never done either and thus live in a bubble that allows you to believe such nonsense as the above?