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It's not for my ego - it's being honest about what I've been able to yield from my skillset and just being able to live a modest below average life. My point of comparison is about average or below average.

I barely go out, I don't spend any money on fun things and I do personal upkeep on my nearly 14 year old car.

This advice seems to come significantly from boomers.

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> This advice seems to come significantly from boomers.

I’m not the one struggling trying to find a job…

I’ve done my stint at BigTech.

To be blunt. If you can’t make more than $140K, the market is telling you something. You only “deserve” what the market is willing to pay you.

Because it is your ego. A “modest” life is living at the income level of the 50th percentile - not the 80th percentile.

The minute I brought up $140K you said you felt bad because you wanted to do better than someone else.

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