[rayvy]

> It feels dreary because you feel you have nothing left to strive for because you're only measuring your progress by your salary

This.

In your post you mentioned nothing but salary. Sadly I think you might find the hard way that the whole FAANG salary rat-race isn't/wasn't the best choice

[throw51319]

Do you mean "not the best choice" in that even if you do come out ahead with $1 mil+ net worth, if you ended up using your time just doing it to make money, you will regret that?