Thank you so much :) I really appreciate the advice! Ironically, my wife recently accepted a job at Doppler, a YC startup with exactly that benefit. I love that woman so much; she’s awesome.
You’re absolutely right that benefits are a huge consideration for almost everybody. I guess I happened to win the lottery, as my wife’s health insurance covers both of us, so I’m starting to question whether it was even worth sharing.
She carried me for about 5 years while I recovered and found my footing again, so I’m just happy to repay her with a nice vacation. She’s been dreaming of going to the Seychelles for about that long.
I dunno. It’s also counting chickens, as they say. If it works out, I’ll just try to pay it forward however I can. If not, we’ll still be happy. Was just hoping to convince some outliers that there’s a different road ahead; one I never gave much thought to.
You’re also correct that I’ll be pushing 40 soon enough. She and I joke that we’ll both find a role for ourselves at a big bank somewhere when we’re 70, so that we have impressive titles but no one is quite sure what we do. That way I can work on lisp while occasionally writing legacy banking software, and she’ll be tinkering with React (which by then may as well be in a museum).
You’re absolutely right that benefits are a huge consideration for almost everybody. I guess I happened to win the lottery, as my wife’s health insurance covers both of us, so I’m starting to question whether it was even worth sharing.
She carried me for about 5 years while I recovered and found my footing again, so I’m just happy to repay her with a nice vacation. She’s been dreaming of going to the Seychelles for about that long.
I dunno. It’s also counting chickens, as they say. If it works out, I’ll just try to pay it forward however I can. If not, we’ll still be happy. Was just hoping to convince some outliers that there’s a different road ahead; one I never gave much thought to.
You’re also correct that I’ll be pushing 40 soon enough. She and I joke that we’ll both find a role for ourselves at a big bank somewhere when we’re 70, so that we have impressive titles but no one is quite sure what we do. That way I can work on lisp while occasionally writing legacy banking software, and she’ll be tinkering with React (which by then may as well be in a museum).