If I quit my job a bunch of people will be very negatively impacted. I can switch jobs and I can work on stuff in my spare time, but I can't go to zero income. Unlike Bezos, my family doesn't have anything they can loan me.
I'm stuck at my current job. I would have quit a few years ago (I've been miserable for 4 years) if I wasn't married. I'd probably move to my parents', do LeetCode and Hacker rank for a couple months, then land a high paying job to save as much as possible, and then retire early to a small farm in a low cost of living area.
Not that I mean to pry but that sounds like it benefits everyone involved if it meant the pay raise – get a few months in savings in then bootstrap from there. Easier said than done I know.
My wife says she will never move out of the area. She goes to work when I get home to watch the kid and spends all that money on horses. So I don't have any free time to do LeetCode and I am forced to stay here and pay all the bills.
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If I quit my job a bunch of people will be very negatively impacted. I can switch jobs and I can work on stuff in my spare time, but I can't go to zero income. Unlike Bezos, my family doesn't have anything they can loan me.
Of course, few have that luxury. When drawing comparisons, it's important to not have false equivalence.
Yeah, I'd be living in a van down by the river if I quit.
I own a van and have a river in my city, maybe you can bring the food?
I would, but my wife would leave me.
Life has tradeoffs – a lot of founders burn through marriages don't they?
True.
I'm stuck at my current job. I would have quit a few years ago (I've been miserable for 4 years) if I wasn't married. I'd probably move to my parents', do LeetCode and Hacker rank for a couple months, then land a high paying job to save as much as possible, and then retire early to a small farm in a low cost of living area.
Not that I mean to pry but that sounds like it benefits everyone involved if it meant the pay raise – get a few months in savings in then bootstrap from there. Easier said than done I know.
My wife says she will never move out of the area. She goes to work when I get home to watch the kid and spends all that money on horses. So I don't have any free time to do LeetCode and I am forced to stay here and pay all the bills.
Sounds like your problems aren't really income or job problems.