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Re: My Life in Weeks

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Yup. My advice to young people is -- if you can't figure out what to do in life, make more $$. With enough $$ you will have a world of time to ponder what to do. I also regret that I gave up a FAANG level opportunity because my faily doesn't want me to go to another city. I would hit well over 200K TC by now -- a very comfortable salary in Canada.

Quite the irony that the thread started with reminiscing about life and purpose and needing time and valuing relationships and you guys go into the "need to make more money" spiel. Here comes a secret: It will never be enough for you. It's not the money that counts. It's the ratio of income versus expenses, if anything. And if you grow one and don't stop the other one from growing in unison, then you have gained noth…

Why is parent's advice ironic? I, like probably most people, would have more time for relationships I value now if I had followed their advice. Your first sentence reads as if their advice was "earn money at the expense of relationships and well-being" and that isn't the case at all.

Re: My Life in Weeks

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> Have to be more productive, more efficient Most people on their deathbed would counsel you to focus on relationships rather than productivity.

I'd like my KPI metrics etched on my gravestone

I have delivered value, but at what cost?

https://youtu.be/DYvhC_RdIwQ

Re: My Life in Weeks

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> Have to be more productive, more efficient Most people on their deathbed would counsel you to focus on relationships rather than productivity.

I'd like my KPI metrics etched on my gravestone

If you distill every metric in your life and put it in a Tableau dashboard, the load time would be so long that you could achieve immortality

Re: My Life in Weeks

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post #43

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I'd like my KPI metrics etched on my gravestone

If you distill every metric in your life and put it in a Tableau dashboard, the load time would be so long that you could achieve immortality

That’s a very meaningful and comforting thought about one’s own impact on the world… except for tableau’s web performance team.

Re: My Life in Weeks

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Quite the irony that the thread started with reminiscing about life and purpose and needing time and valuing relationships and you guys go into the "need to make more money" spiel. Here comes a secret: It will never be enough for you. It's not the money that counts. It's the ratio of income versus expenses, if anything. And if you grow one and don't stop the other one from growing in unison, then you have gained noth…

Why is parent's advice ironic? I, like probably most people, would have more time for relationships I value now if I had followed their advice. Your first sentence reads as if their advice was "earn money at the expense of relationships and well-being" and that isn't the case at all.

I want to retire early and make music and games for 40 years after I turn 40.

I don't want to wait until I'm 69 to retire for at most 11 years.

Plus none of us know how much time we actually have. A lot of people plan to retire at 68, die on the job at 67, and your replacement is in your chair next week.

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