[throwaway98121]

What company are you at? I’m at a company who people consider 2nd tier among the FANGs in a senior developer role and my salary + stocks are > $300K this year in Seattle.

Also be careful what you wish for. I’m not sure if the stress and personal impact are worth it. I have constant anxiety. Some of the people I work with are really smart but manipulative and generally not great human beings.

It’s not for everyone. I’m just trying to get to $1MM in my after tax account before I leave this company for something more sustainable.

[ThrowawayR2]

> Some of the people I work with are really smart but manipulative and generally not great human beings.

Amen to this. If anyone here believes that those who possess high intelligence are naturally more ethical or good-hearted than the average, try getting between any of them and their next bonus / promotion at a FAANG or in academia and you will rapidly learn otherwise.

[1000units]

> Some of the people I work with are really smart but manipulative and generally not great human beings.

It was really shocking to me to learn how disgusting some very intelligent people can be. It rewrote some of my philosophies of life in the first half of my twenties. Turns out we don't all have cathedrals in our heads when we have the tools to build them.