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Cites simonebrunozzi · 2024-01 · on “Ask HN: How do you know it's time for you to quit your FAANG job?”

I left a FAANG-like job in 2016 (VP, CTO) to join a startup. It was a disaster. I then co-founded a startup. I left two years later, parted ways with the other two co-founders in a friendly way. All this time, I funded my life with my savings. I had enough on the side to do that, and thankfully other things went well in my life, so I don't really regret it, but... If I could go back, I'd simply tell myself that most of the time, quitting a well-paying job if you are not in a F*ck-you money [0] territory, is a bad idea. [0]: [this video]

Cites scarface_74 · 2025-07 · on “Ask HN: Took a break after burnout – what now?”

The question is, with that can money in the bank and your expenses so low, you are already living in a position of f%%% you ( [this video] ), how were you experiencing burnout? You close your computer after you put in 40 hours a week and go home. You try your best to communicate in trade offs between time, budget and requirements and if that doesn’t work and you get fired for refusing to be overworked, why do you care? I’ve been working for 30 years from startups, to boring enterprise companies, to BigTech and now working as a staff consultant for a third party cloud consulting company. Never once have I experienced burn out. Not because I’m special, I’m disciplined enough to say “no”, have savin

Cites scarface_74 · 2025-07 · on “Ask HN: How do you digest fact that you are not successful by 40”

I wouldn’t go that far. I also commented about this about a month and half ago. We should all strive to live in a position of f%%% you. ( [this video] ). I’m not there yet long term.

Cites toomuchtodo · 2025-08 · on “Open AI announces $1.5M bonus for every employee”

If you have no mortgage, own your home, and have saved enough in investments, even if AGI/ASI materially impairs the labor economy, you are in a far better position than someone who rents, someone with a large mortgage who needs a job for the next 20-30 years, etc assuming rule of law holds up. Free money is free money, to not take it would be silly. Just don't blow it on a Lambo. I'm not qualified to touch on your point wrt constraining and wrangling machine intelligence, so no comment on that. [this video] (NSFW language, first 45 seconds is the relevant part)

Cites JustExAWS · 2025-09 · on “Ask HN: If burnout tells you that you are in the wrong job/career, why avoid it?”

No. Burnout has one and only one reason - the lack of courage or resources to say “no”. No company can make you overwork yourself. The worse they can do is fire you [1]. Yes I know most people need a job. But don’t put yourself in a position where you need your current job. I have worked for 30 years across 10 jobs everything from lifestyle companies, startups, medium size companies, boring old large enterprise companies and BigTech and currently full time as a staff architect at a third party cloud consulting company. Never once have I been stressed or experienced anything close to burn out because I was always prepared to look for another job. Being prepared means having a strong network,

Cites reducesuffering · 2025-10 · on “Taking money off the table”

"Jim Bennett: I've been up two and a half million dollars. Frank: What you got on you? Jim Bennett: Nothing. Frank: What you put away? Jim Bennett: Nothing. Frank: You get up two and a half million dollars, any asshole in the world knows what to do: you get a house with a 25 year roof, an indestructible Jap-economy shitbox, you put the rest into the system at three to five percent to pay your taxes and that's your base, get me? That's your fortress of fucking solitude. That puts you, for the rest of your life, at a level of fuck you. Somebody wants you to do something, fuck you. Boss pisses you off, fuck you! Own your house. Have a couple bucks in the bank. Don't drink. That's all I have to