I am a 35 years old L5. I was in a very good trajectory to be promoted to L6 in my previous team a year and half ago. It was a high stress team in bay area where I was working about 50+ hours a week with very toxic culture. I decided give that up when there was an opening in the city I've been dying to go, which very rarely have opening, and made the transfer there. Life has been great since. Everyone is really nice in the team. I work 20-30 hours per week. My investments went to the moon. I bought a better house than I would've dream of. However, recently I found out that almost every TL in my previous team has been promoted since I left, and the org continued to grow really fast. The thought of me missing out on the promotion and future growth started to keeping me up at night, and felt that I made a big mistake. The thing is, I only wanted the promotions for the money. I should be happy with what I have right now. But I think I am just too greedy and always want more. For those who've achieved much higher level and TC. Are you satisfied and stopped chasing more promo and TC? Net worth 4m TC 400k
With that net worth, I’d take a sabbatical in a beautiful low COL country. Figure out life while you’re at it. The rat race is never ending. Your peer group changes as you climb the ladder (money or vertical growth) and you’ll start competing with people around you and would wanna climb the ladder even further. It’s a vicious cycle
You'll keep running if you never pause and appreciate what you presently have. Better culture and peace of mind doesn't have a price tag IMO.
You have what most of us dream of. Nothing is more valuable than having a decent wlb
Mind sharing, how investments went to moon ? What stocks?
It was a combination things. Investment property I bought back in 2010. Millions of dogecoin I got for less than $0.0001 per coin back in 2014. NIO in early 2020 when is was less than $10. These are some of the biggest gainers I have. Also a mixed of my other investments and RSUs
Being rich is subjective. Ask yourself why you need more money. If the answer is to fly business class on every trip, you are there already! But if the answer is to fly in your private jet, go chase that TC.
If you are still chasing these fake titles, I feel sorry for you. Just stop. You are way ahead. It's time to enjoy a bit.
Also 6 is lot more work and every level jump diminishes the per hour ROI
Happiness is the end goal, do what makes you happy.
You pick a path and go down it. You can change you path in the future if you want to choose differently, but stop looking backwards.
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Sir you are at that point. Enjoy life , covid has completely changed perspective on many things