Well, that's a question with no easy answer. I mean, sure, I want to be wealthy, in terms of pure, raw, green $$$$. But I don't necessarily want $$$ for it's own sake. I don't need a super fancy house, super fancy car, etc. (although I'm not necessarily saying I wouldn't indulge a bit if I make it big), but what I really want is more freedom... basically, enough money to constitute "FU money" so that I'm not beholden to a tyrannical dipshit manager in some inane, soulless mega-corp with a kafkaesque bureaucracy and Dilbert style PHBs. I'd also like more freedom to travel and explore, and $$$ helps with those things.
But perhaps an even bigger reason is simply my need to prove something, both to myself and to the world. Growing up fairly poor in a rural part of the South, and being the shy, awkward, geeky kid through most of my school years, I felt a touch of resentment for the guys with the fancy cars, the pretty girls, blah, etc. Not to mention the rich people in the fancy house who lived around where I lived, but who were in a different world in a sense. I - even after all these years - still feel a need to prove that I'm just as good as they are, and just as capable of achieving whatever I set out to do.
And I'm still pissed off about not getting voted "most likely to succeed" in my high-school senior class. :-)
Cool, sounds a lot like my answer. Money doesn't really push me all that much-- yet. I'm still in college so that might have something to do with it. Right now it's more intrinsic for me.
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Well, that's a question with no easy answer. I mean, sure, I want to be wealthy, in terms of pure, raw, green $$$$. But I don't necessarily want $$$ for it's own sake. I don't need a super fancy house, super fancy car, etc. (although I'm not necessarily saying I wouldn't indulge a bit if I make it big), but what I really want is more freedom... basically, enough money to constitute "FU money" so that I'm not beholden to a tyrannical dipshit manager in some inane, soulless mega-corp with a kafkaesque bureaucracy and Dilbert style PHBs. I'd also like more freedom to travel and explore, and $$$ helps with those things.
But perhaps an even bigger reason is simply my need to prove something, both to myself and to the world. Growing up fairly poor in a rural part of the South, and being the shy, awkward, geeky kid through most of my school years, I felt a touch of resentment for the guys with the fancy cars, the pretty girls, blah, etc. Not to mention the rich people in the fancy house who lived around where I lived, but who were in a different world in a sense. I - even after all these years - still feel a need to prove that I'm just as good as they are, and just as capable of achieving whatever I set out to do.
And I'm still pissed off about not getting voted "most likely to succeed" in my high-school senior class. :-)
Cool, sounds a lot like my answer. Money doesn't really push me all that much-- yet. I'm still in college so that might have something to do with it. Right now it's more intrinsic for me.