200k is laughable. You’re either running the show, or hacksaw:
“The richest one percent of this country owns half our country’s wealth, five trillion dollars. One third of that comes from hard work, two thirds comes from inheritance, interest on interest accumulating to widows and idiot sons and what I do, stock and real estate speculation. It’s bullshit. You got ninety percent of the American public out there with little or no net worth. I create nothing. I own. We make the rules, pal. The news, war, peace, famine, upheaval, the price per paper clip. We pick that rabbit out of the hat while everybody sits out there wondering how the hell we did it. Now you’re not naive enough to think we’re living in a democracy, are you buddy?”
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PSU is a great school. Would have no problem sending my kids there. My friends who went there got great educations, great careers, great friends and social bonds, and at a very good value. If my hypothetical children got into Princeton (which is obviously more academic), I’d be thrilled too (I’ve always had a crush on Princeton), but I think they’re both great and not worth getting too worked up over the differences. Princeton is not the best school for everyone, and neither is PSU.
The original question was what salary level would you be happy, with happy meaning not spending 100% of your time / energy trying to advance your career. For me that level was about $70k. Granted, I still advanced, but if you can’t find ways to be happy and enjoy life at $70k, there’s a good chance you never will. I know it’s different for everyone because someone else may say the same thing about 45k, but I think learning to be satisified is a central theme here.
"The original question was what salary level would you be happy, with happy meaning not spending 100% of your time / energy trying to advance your career. For me that level was about $70k. "
Funny, there was a study somewhere (can’t remember the name of it now), and their number was $72K - you’re right in the ballpark…
but I think learning to be satisified is a central theme here."
Exactly! And I think people have hard time doing that because the media pushes to never be satisfied and to always want more (stuff)…