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by don-code 1777 days ago
It's difficult for me to sympathize with coworkers who have trouble making rent, knowing that they make the same amount of money I do, but have wildly different spending patterns. Juxtaposing $200k+ of student debt with $100+ bar tabs, multiple nights per week (to be fair, the company we were at was on a death march at the time) doesn't seem like taking an opportunity, to use the article's phrasing - it seems frivolous.
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Except that sometimes those bar tabs are where opportunities abound, not only for friendship but for future business. Many a startup has been started out of coworkers hanging out together after hours.
Not sure why the downvotes?