• @H4mi@lemm.ee
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    348 months ago

    I love my job and it pays me enough to not worry about it. The secret is living in any western country except the U.S.

      • @howrar@lemmy.ca
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        68 months ago

        Ridiculously expensive housing without the salaries to match. But at least I don’t have to worry about going broke if ever someone in the family gets sick I guess.

        • @rab@lemmy.ca
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          18 months ago

          If you get sick you just die, at least here in Victoria. There are no doctors and and people are dying of untreated cancers hahahah man life’s good in Canada

    • DessertStorms
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      Right, because there isn’t rampant capitalism and wide spread poverty pretty much everywhere else too… 🙄🙄🙄

      (am in UK and you’re full of shit. I recommend checking your privilege, or at least taking your head out of your ass long enough to have a look around)

      • SuperDuper
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        58 months ago

        Ah, the land of housing owned exclusively by foreign investors.

        • Flying Squid
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          58 months ago

          That’s true in the U.S. as well in many cities. Chinese investors buy up huge numbers of apartments and houses.

    • @LemmyIsFantastic@lemmy.world
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      18 months ago

      🙄 the US has plenty of not the majority of high paying jobs. Working in high skill STEM pays absurdly good.

      It’s like skill jobs that get fucked.

      • @noobdoomguy8658@feddit.de
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        58 months ago

        The absolute number doesn’t matter much if the expenses of living in the STEM-riddled areas are just as high, if not higher.

        • @Stumblinbear
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          Remote work fixes that for many people

          Source: me, hi, I work remotely to LA and get paid absurd wages

        • @LemmyIsFantastic@lemmy.world
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          18 months ago

          And Europe isn’t expensive to live? Canada? Australia? All of them have very high CoL in population centers. Especially tech hubs. The only place that’s significantly out of whack is CA and to be honest, much of the time it’s still worth it. Go remote and get the best of both worlds is quite common and easy.

    • DreamButt
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      28 months ago

      Unironcally. I think is what to do but backwards. You should try out the paths that lead toward the best paid jobs until you find the one you like the most. People get top caught up on finding their “dream job.” Your team, the company, and the culture will have a bigger impact on your mental health than the tasks anyway

    • @ondra5@lemmy.world
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      18 months ago

      I can confirm that this works. It’s what I did and I’m a lot happier than when I worked a job with an average salary.

  • @shiveyarbles@beehaw.org
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    I’ve saved enough to quit working, but I keep working for health insurance and the capitalist money hoarding mentality. In my mind I know I’d be happier retiring early, but my lifetime of hoarding won’t allow me to endure the opportunity cost.