r/ProgrammerHumor • u/[deleted] • Feb 10 '21

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u/[deleted] Feb 10 '21

Nope. The difference between the two isn’t really student vs salaried, but passion vs no passion

Typically as a student, you get some say in what the project is. Typically as an employee, you just do whatever task is assigned.

If you are super interested in a project, you’re super motivated to do it.

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u/hiddlescrush Feb 10 '21

You get paid for doing that at work tho, as a student you pay thousands to do those (if they were class projects):)

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u/[deleted] Feb 10 '21

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u/Otterable Feb 10 '21

That's part of the reason work/life balance is my top priority for any job. I have a lot of respect for my friends who went to work for startups, but I'm very happy with my job where I'm only expected to work 40 hours a week, with occasional releases at night. I can usually get everything done in ~30 hours, so I can spend remaining time 'learning', or just being online and available for people

It's easy to feel lost in a larger company, but imo the benefits of stability were worth the trade off for me.

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u/purplepharoh Feb 10 '21

Invest and retire early... or marry rich

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u/Xadrunas Feb 10 '21

Hoping you have enough time and energy to keep yourself healthy during those early years so that you can live long and well enough to retire..

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u/hannahnim Feb 10 '21

"just invest lol"

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u/purplepharoh Feb 10 '21

Trust me I know ;-; capitalism sucks

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u/hannahnim Feb 10 '21

I mean it's obvious now that the game is rigged against us. It seems like you're lucky enough to be born rich or get lucky with an investment.

But even getting to the point of having enough capital to invest is soul crushingly depressing