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by xvector 1640 days ago
Golden handcuffs are a good thing. It's such a first world problem to complain about golden handcuffs. "Oh no, I'm making $300k/yr over my nominal market value!"
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The golden handcuffs are only handcuffs if you’re in a terrible environment. I’ve walked away from a 7-figure TC. Handcuffs be damned. I wasn’t going to take the abuse anymore.

Some people don’t have the strength to walk away and instead will obsess over money for anything. It’s funny how I’m sure people would require much bigger numbers if they were given an offering where they’d have to go to a terrible prison for 2-3 years in their prime years.