Money buys quality of life and access to distractions thay may or may not make you happy.
My companies’ Pension plan for retirement is one of the best ones left and still pays comparably dog shit to an IRA and 401k. It’s irrelevant to me because I’m here to do work that makes me happy.
I certainly enjoy eating at the fanciest restaurant in the area every week because it’s what I used to pay for dog shit delivery in SF.
I can travel whenever I want, etc.
The only thing I’m unhappy about is not being in the same timezone as most of my friends.
Edit : like shit, my Mexican intern is struggling with his visa and might need a €10k loan from me to stay in Europe and it’s nice I can actually give him that. It’s untenable for the rest of the native European people on my team to even entertain such a thing, that was 1 month salary for me years ago in LA.
Sure, but Europe is not exactly poor (well some countries are).
More money is nice, but I prefer life here.
And most of western Europe and especially northern Europe where I live outranks north America in pretty much every index and statistic I care about.
Canada seems pretty alright though. You do have the same stupid city planning that the USA does, which is a shame.
What about happiness and quality of life?
Money buys quality of life and access to distractions thay may or may not make you happy.
My companies’ Pension plan for retirement is one of the best ones left and still pays comparably dog shit to an IRA and 401k. It’s irrelevant to me because I’m here to do work that makes me happy.
I certainly enjoy eating at the fanciest restaurant in the area every week because it’s what I used to pay for dog shit delivery in SF.
I can travel whenever I want, etc.
The only thing I’m unhappy about is not being in the same timezone as most of my friends.
Edit : like shit, my Mexican intern is struggling with his visa and might need a €10k loan from me to stay in Europe and it’s nice I can actually give him that. It’s untenable for the rest of the native European people on my team to even entertain such a thing, that was 1 month salary for me years ago in LA.
Sure, but Europe is not exactly poor (well some countries are).
More money is nice, but I prefer life here. And most of western Europe and especially northern Europe where I live outranks north America in pretty much every index and statistic I care about.
Canada seems pretty alright though. You do have the same stupid city planning that the USA does, which is a shame.