I shouldn’t have led with the complaint about hyperbole, I apologize. My point is more that money _IS_ actually important to a lot of people, and it seems likely that these kinds of jobs are the best known option for some people.
It’s been a long time, and the world is different now, but the memory remains of worry that I wouldn’t ever get a “real job”. At the time, I would have jumped at one of these jobs had it been offered. It’s sheer luck that I got far enough in smaller companies to realize that I have better options before getting into bigger companies.
That me would have laughed and then cried and swore at you if you said that a managers salary isn’t worth it. I agree with you ONLY because I have enough income and savings to afford to agree safely.
If I could rephrase your advice, to something I can get behind, it’s “there’s a big variance in management (and non-management) jobs. You should change companies (and industries if possible) at least a few times in your first decade, to see how universal the experiences are.”
I shouldn’t have led with the complaint about hyperbole, I apologize. My point is more that money _IS_ actually important to a lot of people, and it seems likely that these kinds of jobs are the best known option for some people.
It’s been a long time, and the world is different now, but the memory remains of worry that I wouldn’t ever get a “real job”. At the time, I would have jumped at one of these jobs had it been offered. It’s sheer luck that I got far enough in smaller companies to realize that I have better options before getting into bigger companies.
That me would have laughed and then cried and swore at you if you said that a managers salary isn’t worth it. I agree with you ONLY because I have enough income and savings to afford to agree safely.
If I could rephrase your advice, to something I can get behind, it’s “there’s a big variance in management (and non-management) jobs. You should change companies (and industries if possible) at least a few times in your first decade, to see how universal the experiences are.”