Many times people complain about doing too much for the pay grade, and a perfect job pays a lot but asks nothing. But imagine a hypothetical job is pure politics: your manager essentially pays you a lot but ask you to stay in the office doing crossword (can't take a real job at the same time). Would you take it? Think of research vs start up vs huge sinking boats such as Oracle. On one side you might change the world with little cash, on the other it is certain doom but the wlb is unbeatable...
Depends on how desperately you need money. If I can live on 33-50% of my after tax income, I'd optimize for the technical challenge, the mission I believe in, and the opportunity to make some splash. If it goes beyond 50%, I'd try to push income to get back to 50%. If it falls below 33%, I simply splurge more. TC: 🇨🇦$180k
Nice Canadian TC.
Canadian is the keyword 😂 Was barely clearing 60k 5 years ago when I started out as an intern. It was a tough climb. Mu current after tax is 120k btw. And this is after tax refund due to maxing out RRSP.
I guess, my response to this is "it depends". How much money are we taking about? Is it guaranteed for as long as I want? And last but not least, would I be able to handle being bored 40 hours a week and afford to loose my current skillset?
I want money but I’m not about to waste my life doing mundane work. I like designing and using my photography skills. Office jobs are trash.
Are you designing in the jungle ? "Office jobs" is an extremely wide term.
@Citadel as “office job” I mean a place where you’re not doing nothing new. Aside from Postmates, I mainly specialize in e-commerce and there’s always things where creativity is needed. If I’m in a workplace and I can’t use my creativity then it’s a boring job.