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I often envy people like him.

Working in tech it’s very hard not to get lost in rat race and always go for more money, more knowledge, more everything. I’m actively trying to avoid it, but it gets to me as well. And most of my friends think I’m weird that I don’t want to get one more promotion or why I don’t want to push myself outside of my comfort zone. I’m fine where I am.

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If you don't at least pretend you want a promotion, you might be fired. It almost happened to me.

Yes, that can happen, but it entirely depends on where you work. Some employers are fine with letting people stay at a level if that's what they want. Of course their salary tends to stay pretty constant too in that case, you'll basically just get COL raises.

I was basically doing that in tech: working for food and a place to be. It was like living in a VM. After 2020 and 14 months of isolation, I'm retiring. Need to find a real place.

I'm about to start working (in tech) soon, and I know the exact same thing will happen to me.

Just don't know what to do instead.

It wasn't really so bad pre-COVID. I guess my only advice is, try to save enough money to leave, in case you think of something better to do.

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