Comment by CharlieDigital
4 days ago
It's a tough trade off. On the one hand, having a child in your 20's is how our biology is wired. On the other hand, in the modern age, those are also prime years for work and professional growth; I get it.
Last year, I (in my 40's) did a trip to Terceira[0] and after a few days of hiking, had shooting pain in my knee. I immediately wondered if I had torn something! It would be quite the pickle since I had traveled with a backpack. Luckily, it was ITBS (Iliotibial band syndrome) and went away with some Acetaminophen and rest.
But it made me regret that in my 20's I spent more time playing computer games than doing things like this hike that would be even challenging if I were to wait until I retired.
[0] https://youtu.be/DlFKc4OfbpM Terceira is a spectacular destination, by the way, and easy to access from JFK.
20s in tech is basically show up, do your work, and get paid a pittance of the value it generates.
That's just "employment", or at least "not realising how many other people contribute to that value".
It applies to those other people as well, though.
When you get down to it, all profit any company makes is quite literally the value generated by its employees that was extracted from them.
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Sure. But the pay gap can be huge compared to your 30s, regardless of your ability level.