[bgribble]

For me, personally, my goal is not just to maximize lifetime income. It's much more important to me to have a workplace with good collaborators and meaningful work where I feel like I am contributing something unique and valuable. I have tried to follow that throughout my career (not that I haven't ended up in some bad workplaces from time to time!) and overall I have no complaints with where I am financially. If you told me you would double my salary to work for Amazon I would say no without hesitation.

[zeroonetwothree]

To be fair, some people like their Big N jobs. It’s not like they are guaranteed to be worse.