I ponder the question.. is going into management really a value add to my bottom line?
I need to get data.. like are managers making more money or are some developers doing better? I am thinking maybe I'm a well paid developer so that a step into a minor management role is not going to get me much money per-se... not until sr. management when the bucks really start rolling in.
So given the added stress to manage a team and own a product, is it worth it? Am I going to make.. what $10k more or $20k more? bah.. for the extra 20hrs a week plus stress etc. Gotta wonder man.
Yes I am a bit stressed at work. Lotta bullshit have to deal with on my quest to make $500k a year.
But in reality maybe I don't need that much money. I think I just need like $1mm cash to put down on a house then I'm good. For a decent Tokyo house we are looking at $1.4mm. God damn, this sucks living in expensive places. Same predicament in SF, where I guess $1.2mm will do for a decent place (last time I looked). But in SF interest rates are 6.5% for jumbo, so a loan on $800k is the same as a loan on $1.2mm @ 1.5% in Japan. Interesting eh??
I ponder I coul move to a cheap town -- but then the pay sucks and its cheap for a reason (like nobody wants to really live there). Total catch-22 dude... wtf can I do.
The key is to stop wanting and just live free.
I need to get data.. like are managers making more money or are some developers doing better? I am thinking maybe I'm a well paid developer so that a step into a minor management role is not going to get me much money per-se... not until sr. management when the bucks really start rolling in.
So given the added stress to manage a team and own a product, is it worth it? Am I going to make.. what $10k more or $20k more? bah.. for the extra 20hrs a week plus stress etc. Gotta wonder man.
Yes I am a bit stressed at work. Lotta bullshit have to deal with on my quest to make $500k a year.
But in reality maybe I don't need that much money. I think I just need like $1mm cash to put down on a house then I'm good. For a decent Tokyo house we are looking at $1.4mm. God damn, this sucks living in expensive places. Same predicament in SF, where I guess $1.2mm will do for a decent place (last time I looked). But in SF interest rates are 6.5% for jumbo, so a loan on $800k is the same as a loan on $1.2mm @ 1.5% in Japan. Interesting eh??
I ponder I coul move to a cheap town -- but then the pay sucks and its cheap for a reason (like nobody wants to really live there). Total catch-22 dude... wtf can I do.
The key is to stop wanting and just live free.
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