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Re: Samsung CEO Jong-hee Han has died

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Post by SirMaster »

slightwinder wrote: post #59
onlyrealcuzzo wrote: post #7

Earlier quoted context omitted.

The guy was making ~$4M per year. Presumably he was living a quite nice and comfortable life.

Did he? Money is no guarantee for happiness or comfort. Considering his position and how young he died, he likely had a very stressful live, and little time for his personal enjoyments. At least, he hadn't enough time to take care of his own health. My assumption is, he worked hard to gain money, and died before he reached the point where he could fully use it for his personal benefit. Which is indeed sad.

Do you actually know anything about his life? I don't know how you can make that assumption at all.

Re: Samsung CEO Jong-hee Han has died

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Post by yard2010 »

rickdeckard wrote: post #63

Just for clarification, Samsung has two CEO's: The deceased Han Jong-hee was a Co-CEO and Vice-Chairman, just like Jun Young-hyun who now remains as the sole CEO. This was not a planned transition or coincidence, Samsung usually had 3 parallel CEO's since 2013 and downsized to two CEO's in 2021, all of those being "Vice-Chairman". On top there is still the Samsung Electronics Chairman, Lee Jae-yong...

I wonder if they had 3 CEOs because the name means 3 stars in korean

Re: Samsung CEO Jong-hee Han has died

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Post by [deleted] »

piyuv wrote: post #67
swah wrote: post #64

I added this heuristic to my mind "Do not assume you will live until 90" when my dad also passed on his 60s. But he was a smoker. Until then I was thinking all my uncles that died in their 60s was because of heavy drinking (bottle of whisky a day or something)

I see all these rich-famous people, having all the money for all the best care in the world, dying in 50s-60s and I get more and more anxious.

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Re: Samsung CEO Jong-hee Han has died

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Post by _lvbh »

tw1984 wrote: post #40
maxloh wrote: post #35

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It's common for Asian people, especially Asian men, to work like hell for their parents and children, and not really think about what other life choices they have. That's caused by social values and expectations – people think you are disrespectful to your parents if you don't provide them and carry on the family name. That happened to my dad too. He worked really hard for his family, but as his child, it is crystal…

> It's common for Asian people It is only common in Northeast Asia (China, Japan and Korea).

Southeast as well (Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand, etc). I don't know much about South and West Asian cultures

Re: Samsung CEO Jong-hee Han has died

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Post by cinntaile »

FirmwareBurner wrote: post #70
lvl155 wrote: post #66

Apparently he died at his daughter’s wedding. That’s an awful way to go.

Could be worse. At least he got to live to see his daughter get married before logging out. I call that a win.

What a great way to remember your wedding!

Re: Samsung CEO Jong-hee Han has died

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Post by norir »

piyuv wrote: post #67
swah wrote: post #64

I added this heuristic to my mind "Do not assume you will live until 90" when my dad also passed on his 60s. But he was a smoker. Until then I was thinking all my uncles that died in their 60s was because of heavy drinking (bottle of whisky a day or something)

I see all these rich-famous people, having all the money for all the best care in the world, dying in 50s-60s and I get more and more anxious.

I have the opposite reaction.

Re: Samsung CEO Jong-hee Han has died

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Post by piyuv »

norir wrote: post #76
piyuv wrote: post #67

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I see all these rich-famous people, having all the money for all the best care in the world, dying in 50s-60s and I get more and more anxious.

I have the opposite reaction.

Because of their stress levels and possible smoking/drinking/drugs? I don’t buy into “yeah they’re rich/famous but that’s a lot of stress” narrative.

Re: Samsung CEO Jong-hee Han has died

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Post by netsharc »

FirmwareBurner wrote: post #70
lvl155 wrote: post #66

Apparently he died at his daughter’s wedding. That’s an awful way to go.

Could be worse. At least he got to live to see his daughter get married before logging out. I call that a win.

But every wedding anniversary of the daughter will be bittersweet...

Re: Samsung CEO Jong-hee Han has died

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Post by rurp »

Workaccount2 wrote: post #44
mathgladiator wrote: post #3

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It's a good question. My home was recently destroyed by fire (not a total loss of dwelling, but 95% of contents due to smoke and water), and I'm quitting tech to accept being a rancher and body builder. I love tech, but tech doesn't love me. So, #yolo on to the next thing.

Just a heads up, this only works well if you have a nice cushion of cash to do it on. Someone with 30% tech ability will easily out-earn someone with 100% ranching ability. And have way more free time. And live way more comfortably. Don't be fooled, the greenest grass is in the tech sector (and finance too).

I think their whole point was that it's not just about the money to them. If they love being outside and working with their hands far more than being in an office and can make a living ranching it seems like a smart move to me, regardless of the salary difference.
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