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General Category => General Discussion => Topic started by: theking on June 01, 2022, 06:18:48 PM
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...find something that makes you happy so good to see this because wealth is not always measure by money...Your health, happiness and sanity are worth way more IMO.. O0:
I quit my job as a Netflix engineer making $450,000 a year. The money wasn't worth the boredom.
I started working at Netflix as a senior software engineer in 2017 after leaving my job at Amazon. I was happy to get a promotion and return home to the Bay Area. At the time, I thought I would stay with Netflix forever. I made $450,000 a year, got free food daily, and had unlimited paid time off. It was the Big Tech dream. When I left almost four years later in May 2021, everyone thought I was crazy. My parents were the first to object. For them, my quitting was throwing away their hard work of immigrating to the US. My mentor was the second to object. He said I shouldn't quit without another job lined up because I'd miss out on leveraging my high salary when negotiating my pay at the next job. Their comments made me pause for all of three days before I spoke with my manager about leaving. Eight months later, I'm confident it was the right decision.(https://i.insider.com/628b62b5b0a8be00186004c9?width=1136&format=jpeg)