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by lanstin 863 days ago
autonomy is a big one for some people. respect. influence/power. As a software engineer I have left jobs because the total traffic was too low, and I was addicted to 10^9 and the like numbers in my counters. Additional salary is ok, but it functionally just means I waste more or less money before having to rein it in. If I saw really rich people doing more awesome stuff with their moneys, I might think otherwise, but having a Lambo or a house so large my kids would be less able to relate to people in general doesn't seem that useful. Get used to luxry clothes instead of my somewhat scruffy true style