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[@rivierasperduto7926]

I used to just watch your channel because I thought you were funny and smart @ThePrimeTime... but then you started talking about your backstory that I never heard before and I can just relate so much to what you said about the things you have done in your past. As someone who is myself trying to change my life and go down the better path, this was really nice and motivational for me to hear. Thank you for what you do.

[@ThePrimeTimeagen]

:) my man. Keep the chin up and you got this! Pursuing a changed life is hard, and there are times where it doesn't feel worth it, but trust me, in the end it absolutely is

[@blakasmurf]

Side note, I've had to write for a tombstone and I never thought to put on such a shallow message, you really don't think about those things when it actually comes down to it

[@aziz0x00]

Same

[@EzBz982]

99.9xy% survival rate.. effectively 100% if you’re under 40 😂.

[@thomaskg3802]

@@ThePrimeTimeagen I completely agree (as a millionaire)

[@qxb348]

i like the honesty of the thumbnail lmao

[@MrLimpit666]

I understand getting bored at your programming job and then wanting to look for more, happens to me, happens to most other software engineers at some point or another. When this happens we usually try to move up for the better salary or more interesting work, but you have to consider most devs don't make anything near 450k a year, thus making these changes a little less impactful on our lives. What I can't possibly understand is how someone making 500k to 1M a year drop it all because of this. Being bored at your job is literally buying something that is priceless, which is financial freedom towards an early retirement, a true breakout from the job system. Why not deal healthily with the boredom for a few years longer (like every other pleb earning less than 6 digits) and then go embrace your own projects with all that passion after you manage to free yourself from these so called "handcuffs of boredom". Everyone is giving their youth, time and mental health to these companies, you are actually privileged to receive the key to life in exchange, most people will never break free. Anyway, guy went to Amazon next, what was even the point of all this rambling.

[@ultravioletiris6241]

Nah there was a comma between Ex-Netflix and Amazon Engineering, he was trying to say he is both Ex-Netflix and Ex-Amazon. People flex like this on linkedin all the time. He’s actually currently a scammy sounding consultant. Here’s the full blurb: “I help VC-Backed Startups Build Their MVP's • FANG-tier Engineering Consulting for Non-Technical Founders • Ex-Netflix, Amazon Engineering • EECS @ UC Berkeley • Founder w/ 1x Successful Exit” Edit: He’s even flexing his exact bachelors program (EECS) at UC Berkley. So many red flags its not even funny

[@denizorsel1029]

I think he already could retire financially. That is why he didn't care to call quits. Then he moves to Amazon and may be he will bounce back in the future to the role he desires. Of course for many , half a million a year simply means mission accomplished. But for those who get there, another challenge starts. The Struggle for Power.

[@someonewhowantedtobeahero3206]

I just found his entire article to be pointless. People don't appreciate what they already have because the grass is always greener on the other side.

[@cx777o]

thank you, you saved me a few minutes of watching lol

[@krazymeanie]

Maybe because all the rambling happened before he joined Amazon???

[@13zebras]

Youth IS wasted on the young. You are 100% correct: 40's is peak. But at the same time, fuck that. I'm 58, and I'm making better choices and doing better in my life than ever. But 40's had many advantages over 50's. Mostly physical. Soooo... in reality, TODAY is truly the peak. And FYI: i started my coding career at 57.

[@Fohnzii]

How's your coding career gone so far if you don't mind me asking? What language did you start with? What resources did you use?

[@vulpixelful]

Yeah I'm starting to take better care of myself in my 30s to squeak out more good health years in my 50s. I'm a woman so we naturally retain more fat, but building muscle decreases our osteoporosis risk so I'm integrating more strength training.

[@TheSulross]

Am older by few years and have done it all over my career - did cool tech startups, worked for very major companies,, lead rather large dev team for a company flagship product, did stint as enterprise architect over engineering org, developed several new products - some of my software is used in the marine terminals on the West coast and other terminals to this day. But these days am doing high performance networking programming for back-end software systems using the Intel DPDK library, which is programmed in C (but I also use C++17 to some extent). Very satisfied to be completely immersed in just writing code that is technical and challenging. And feel fortunate that at my age can still get these kind of gigs. (But why should we have to shuffle off into retirement when we still have the chops?)

[@proftrees]

I quit my job from amazon and decided to take time off, my problem was that I was really depressed and then couldn't get myself back into interviewing. One year later and I haven't done anything with my time off because I've been constantly anxious, depressed, and stuck in a pit. My manager gave me the advice to stay in my job until I get my next one, in hind sight I should have taken that advice.

[@ThePrimeTimeagen]

yeah, that is super hard. one problem about anxiety / depression is that its almost momentum based, its like when things get hard, the multiply. there is always light at the end of the tunnel. Focus on the light

[@CaioCodes]

I'm in the same situation. Deep depression, but I burnt my bridges with that. I resigned companies thinking it would be better than getting fired, but then realised I'm not hireable anymore cuz companies dont give a fuck about neurodivergent and depressed people. Well, it will get better, be strong!

[@Therealpro2]

@@ThePrimeTimeagen So true about momentum! It really works the both ways too, when you're stuck it is very easy to stay stagnant, but when you get the ball rolling... it just keeps on rolling as long as you help it along abit :)

[@hellaboveme500]

Lmao what a douche. This guy sucks.

[@cryora]

@@CaioCodes But if you're busy working, how do you get the time and focus to consider another job?

[@redyau_]

Never thought that the hip programmer reaction channel could get so real. You are the most _based_ person I've come across in a while. Aspiring to your flexibility of thought, humor and wisdom. Truly great to watch.

[@ThePrimeTimeagen]

my man, ty ty

[@tuhkiscgibin6627]

Somewhat unrelated. Super cool that you read to your children. Some of my best memories are my father reading to me.

[@ThePrimeTimeagen]

:)

[@coffeehousephilosopher7936]

I'm shedding crocodile tears for this dude; my parents were blue collar workers before retiring, before that they fled their home country due to a civil war that was happening ... Imagine if I had to explain that I left my job because it was "boring." That is truly some First world problems.. Dayum..

[@rusi6219]

Except in the west and in particular the USA you literally have tons of nonsense unfulfilling jobs that only exist so that corporations can rake in tax cuts and whatever have you for "creating jobs" so having a meaningless boring job is a very real thing

[@dromedda6810]

Comparing yourself to others is what get you messed up, i remember starting University for comp sci, i had been programming for about 6 years at the time and i thought that the degree was gonna be easy. well there were 2 others who were very similar to me in the sense that they had already been working as SWE's and just wanted a change of pace. instead of comparing myself to the majority of my classmates i constantly compared myself to those 2, one was just a wizard with databases and back end infra, the other was a great at creating interactive UI's and front-ends. and here i was a game developer who had been doing both of those things but less focused ( i was more into physics simulations and engines ) compared to them i felt soooo bad at front end and back end infra that i actually dropped out to make games instead. i got a job from grandma to take care of her forest that had been neglected for 20 years and i just kept making small niche games. Today i still work for grandma but im also working together with my father ( who's into strategy, marketing and entrepreneurship ) to create some tools for him and his work ( mainly data analysis ) Comparison practically killed my will to create anything or even attempt new things because i kept telling myself that there is always gonna be someone better at it than i am ( which is true, but that isn't necessarily a bad thing)

[@Chiramisudo]

I do it ALL for my wife and children. The last few minutes of your personal testimony actually brought a couple tears to my eyes. It wasn't drugs for me, but my childhood wasn't without its trials, and YES, having children absolutely changes you!! I'm 43, sole breadwinner, and between jobs, so it's beginning to get stressful as I watch the savings dry up.

[@muno]

I think he's ex-amazon, not current amazon. He was there before his netflix job

[@Bruhwthecomb]

I’m not even a programmer or anything like that but at 26 I’ve decided to go back to school and improve my life in different areas. I really like your videos and how relatable you are as well as your wisdom. Glad I ran into your channel.

[@mustafcode]

Good luck bro

[@mangalegends]

I relate to his issue of "my teams goals aren't matching up with my career goals" pretty strongly. But for half a million dollars I think I would have stayed around lol

[@dhammond249]

How do you even get a half million job where you're half assing it

[@elorrambasdo5233]

@@dhammond249 the bigger question is how do you lose one to yourself. The guy probably was depressed, that's the best explanation I can think of.

[@big123lak]

he probably did stay around, think about it bro it only takes 6 months to save 200k, that takes a normal person with no bills atleast 4 years , you dont actually have to stay long to have a floated bank account so u can take time to move into something else and 450k only seems like alot but its not a big difference if u can go get a job you like more that makes 350k, think about it

[@bobbobby1624]

yeah would have to be a pretty strong misalignment, like if you were working at a pet shelter to save animals, then you get put on the "put down this bag of puppies every day team". but honestly it just sounds like he had a mini-midlife crisis

[@yayinternets]

I think people see those numbers and scoff at his decision making. I can definitely identify with it but I had a lot of other factors. I've not made 500K in a year before, but with my own personal situation of the past few years, I don't think there's any salary that I could have pushed through without some sort of career break. A combination of being Neurospicy, no support system, caretaking of my dad until he passed and then trying to keep his business alive, a whole bunch of other things, Covid stuff, etc. Just had no push left in me. Have taken a 10 month career break and just starting to get interested in it again.

[@jventura1738]

00:55 what more could you ask for? A loving family, a healthy relationship with your partner and God (if applicable), a balance between work and life, being able to actually use your PTO, and being mentally stable/happy. Not saying you can’t have this at Netflix, in fact I’m sure many do have these there. But asking “what more could you ask for” after listing purely monetary incentives is stupid and clearly short sighted imo :)

[@goldbarth]

I turn 40 this year and started programming a year ago. Actually I come from a "creative field" and thought the combination is perfect. My passion is getting bigger and bigger. I love it and I feel much more independent today.

[@eirikco]

dang man, this one hit me on a whole different level. As a new viewer who usually watch you while working or gaming for some laid back fun, I don't think I've fully grasped your depth until now. You've got a special ability to joke around, make fun of something, but at the same truly listen and empathize with the person behind the seemingly anonymous block of text. I could relate to a lot of it once you took away the fluff lol. This was great, had to pause BG3 and just watch.

[@ThePrimeTimeagen]

Dang, kind words man

[@anthonyrocha8075]

450k is enough for me to love the handcuffs.

[@TJDeez]

I loved what you said about the programming / management. I used to be able to code most of my day but now I'm interacting with business way too much. Meetings, meetings, meetings. I just want to code

[@BboyKeny]

I'm building a start-up solo, so I don't have many meeting but need to do many different things at the same time. I think to keep coding on your off time, even just a little, is really nice. I do like that I can put some time into automating my processes and keeping up to date with developments. For example I'm learning Rust and made a web analytics tool in a few days in my off time, which saves me many hours of diagnosing the websites I'm maintaining, while giving me a good learning project. Every friday afternoon I spend on studying (preferably something relevant to my current activities) which I find to be a great compounding investment that gives continuous immediate returns. Felt like sharing and maybe it can give inspiration ☺️

[@cryora]

I just want a routine where I don't forget to brush my teeth before falling asleep on my chair every night

[@segueoyuri]

take a paycut and go back to production (does it worth your sanity/satisfaction) or get some recreative projects at home :) I guess a simple "I'm not happy doing this, I was happier doing that" kind of convo with your boss would do

[@ShikaIE]

That story about you taking 4 months leave resonates with me soo much! Last year I dread doing coding, even for the task that i know exactly how to do it. It was just so hard to start. Took a 1 month+ break, 1 week before coming back to work I was already eager to code, can’t wait to code! Fast forward to now, i churn out more features, bugfixes, and improvements more than before. I was also motivated to do more of other self-improvement stuff. So to all, if you feel burned out and can afford long leave, take it. Probably the feeling of doing nothing made me realize i need to do something, or how i love coding so much!

[@peanutadventures]

A lot of what this young man said resonated with me. Sometimes, you just don't know what's missing in your life until you put yourself out there and keep searching. Happiness is the journey as they say. Well, if you're standing still, then you're not on the journey. Sounds like he realized that and I'm rooting for him! Money doesn't buy happiness.

[@JohnTube2K]

Speaking as a long time dev that came up during the late 90’s… I can relate to the burnout and was a super nerd in programming that really loved IT. I transitioned to Solution Architect to Enterprise Architecture and now Leadership where I am now standing up a new EA Practice. I couldn’t be happier and have real significant impact to the company from the C-org down.

[@drygordspellweaver8761]

The thing is, you're trading your freedom. And also sovereignty. And those things really are quite priceless, especially once you taste financial independence.

[@chijiokeokoli9104]

Man, I just found your channel... I almost gave up on being a developer altogether, but I finally regained the same enthusiasm I had in my teens just by watching your videos. I love your videos, man!

[@stevecrabtree9141]

I worked in heavy industrial, changing it up in my 50's. I got a degree in my mid 30's and feel more grounded and mature to make a change at this stage.

[@ultravioletiris6241]

Yea he’s a newbie consultant (of course he is lmfao). The full blurb actually reads: “I help VC-Backed Startups Build Their MVP's • FANG-tier Engineering Consulting for Non-Technical Founders • Ex-Netflix, Amazon Engineering • EECS @ UC Berkeley • Founder w/ 1x Successful Exit” Yea this guy definitely listens to podcasts about business lmfao

[@robosergTV]

"FANG-tier", he is a clown

[@bobfunk5055]

Can relate to so much of this having ditched the golden handcuffs and restrained as a hands on code guy learning new things every day, never been happier.

[@loganmahoney2284]

Your love of programming is contagious, thank you for sharing

[@headlights-go-up]

20:38 So much this. I got a much later start to learning how to program than most people because of external factors, and I have quickly learned that feeling like it was wasted time is a waste of time itself.

[@publicalias8172]

Amazing. Thanks for sharing the journey!

[@thanhtupham4726]

Great video, and i can feel that, i my 20s i decided to quit my "bore to the ass" job and go out try to find my passion. But the problem is that if you can not sustain yourself, you spent way more time deal with "no-money" problems than actually doing your dreams. So after 30 and spent 3-4 years wandering around, i again applied for a 8-5 job, slowly build up my stable income streams. And it is true as you said that in our 30s, we are more smart, less stupid decision, less impulsive and more resilient.

[@musdevfrog]

"Ease doesn't bring fulfillment. Ease brings emptiness" - One wise man on twitch

[@JoseGonzalez-dw3jk]

que buen contenido audiovisual, me encanta, super entrentenido, practico ingles, habla de programacion, es perfect.

[@MACIEJ454545]

This has gotten quite emotional and sincere towards the end, you are very motivatiknal

[@joaofleumatico]

i found very difficult to simpatize with that article

[@nandomax3]

I'm also on the side of "after 1 week of vacation, I'm feeling miserable". I took 23 days off and the urge to code during those days was enormous. But I could stand strong, I got some deserved rest and came back to work feeling renewed

[@yeahdudex]

I turned 40 in November and I've been a software developer for just over a year now; I wish I'd been aware of the prospect of burnout or understood the burnout when it was happening, it was very overwhelming and honestly kind of scary how bad things got for awhile. Oh well, so it goes... hopefully I have a better sense of it now. and won't let it happen again. Writing code is super fun, I hope I can do it the rest of my life :)

[@grimjim8463]

you are my hero prime, I listen to the things you say and aspire to be as competent at my job as you are at yours.

[@Linkdoi]

I'm in my 30s now, 32 to be exact, and as a software engineer, I also think this is the best time of my life, I'm always learning, not only different programming languages, but also new concepts. Because one of your videos I started to learn touch typing, It always bothered me not be a fast typist, but I always thought that I spent most of my time mentally figuring out stuff, and then I got it, the fact that I wasn't as fast typing made me not to try all my ideas and try to develop only the most optimal concepts, and in actuality they weren't the best ideas, because the best is always going to be the simplest solution refactored a feel times, so write your code and then discover if you can do better.

[@ThePrimeTimeagen]

lets go

[@darbyburbidge8976]

Had a similar experience with the pandemic but I made 10x less in a kitchen. Took a year and a half off to focus on coding (I had done side projects but never really completed anything) and I have zero regrets.

[@jroseme]

Many of the themes of work and seeking purpose in the discussion (maybe not so much in the article) resonated with me...I'm a veteran and have been searching for purpose for quite a while now. I served in two different branches and I've deployed twice, I've traveled the world for over 2 years after getting out of the military, I've been in and out of school many times and I'm finally finishing up my CS degree on the third try and will graduate just before I'm 40. My previous jobs have mostly been very secure and maddeningly boring telecom jobs where I sit around and wait for stuff to break. I absolutely love coding my personal projects where I get to make things from scratch and understand the small details. I do not enjoy using huge, excessively complicated frameworks made by others but I appreciate the purpose they serve in managing increasingly complex systems. I really hope there's a role for me out in the world that I will actually enjoy and can still pay the bills because I definitely haven't found it yet. I'm hopeful and optimistic that I'll find it soon though!

[@msceconomics946]

Thx man. I thought I’m the only one going through these stages. I’ll take your advice and reevaluate some things in my life

[@mplovecraft]

Hard to relate. I've been looking for a developer job for 6 months now and I hate every day. There will never, ever be a future where I quit a job before finding a new one.

[@CottidaeSEA]

Quitting a job before finding a new one doesn't make sense for most people, we simply can't afford the potential downtime. I don't have such issues currently as I'm being scouted by other companies, mostly due to luck, but I had a really rough time when I couldn't find a new job for 8 months. It was just constant suffering where everything just felt pointless.

[@mplovecraft]

@@CottidaeSEA It's been incredibly rough. It's also quite a lot of pressure when you have a wife, family and no income. I am glad to hear that things changed for you.

[@alhriclacle5486]

You don't even realize how inspiring you are to others. Keep it up man. Thanks from someone struggling on their programming journey

[@Pavel-wj7gy]

It is one thing to get bored and switch jobs from Netflix to Amazon, but it is another battle when you quit a conventional job to pursue software engineering only to find out you are effectively not hireable as a software engineer.

[@justinthec]

I don’t think he actually switched to Amazon, his bio was just written like “ex-Netflix, Amazon” implying ex-Amazon as well.

[@justinthec]

Also, if you’re personally dealing with job search issues, I’m sorry to hear that. The market is tough right now but I’d be happy to do a resume review / interview coaching session for you if you’d like.

[@Pavel-wj7gy]

​@@justinthec Thank you very much for the offer but I will respectfully decline. I'm currently expanding my portfolio and concentrating on learning Threejs. Potentially I'll be moving to HTLM5 game development but that's not certain. There's a reason why I'm not noticed, and the reason is that my portfolio is weak.

[@chadkirk925]

@@Pavel-wj7gy learn react

[@Pavel-wj7gy]

@@chadkirk925 already did, react is not enough

[@msceconomics946]

Meaning in the life.. ye this stuff is powerful. You opened my eyes. I know what to do now. Thanks man this video is awesome

[@DhruvSharma-zu7pq]

I love your channel and watching your videos, you are super funny and brilliant, you are a born genius at it and I just can’t help but lmao at every single word that you utter

[@sreeganesh4082]

Damnnn prime, this stream, this fuking stream it's really made me feel how grateful I am. Looking back at the person I was 3 years ago, that person would be so proud and so happy how I have turned out to be, that person would't believe who he is now, he never would have believed it. This is such a eye opening stream. I have never been so heavy with emotions. It literally took me 2 days to watch the whole video every time something deep comes up I pause and contemplate. Thank you so much prime you are the OP father of all the developers out there (A programming father figure) even though it sounds weird to say it out loud

[@terrenceholden]

I just finished an intro to Javascript course, so I do have some interest in programming but still trying to figure out if I want to make a career change. Right now, my gut tells me I do not want to be a SWE full time and despite that I love your content. Love the topics, love your personality. Great channel.

[@papafrancesco8782]

As someone with a crippling fear of the speed at which time passes, Prime is the only person in the universe who makes me excited to be older.

[@carlynghrafnsson4221]

programming is like art, once you turn your love into work, it changes you. I would rather get paid less, have less responsibility, but give myself time to do my own projects just for health reasons. it's why engineers don't want the leadership.

[@DMWatchesYoutube]

Wheel of time is awesome, I have the audio books and listen to them over and over when I program

[@mevn6807]

i have played lots of stuff, watched so many channels, but truly your channel and twitch are interesting contents to watch with curiosity. this is no fake comment, but my sincerily point of view. your channel just drive me out, and i am keeping grwing up :p

[@Andrey-rc6wp]

Here’s some food for thought. I’m 25, working in Accounting. To see over 100K I’d have to get my designation, CPA, which is a hell of a lot of work. The only way I’ll see 400K+ is if I get into corporate tax which is a LOT of education, there’s lots of regulation and guidelines regarding that. At that point you’re typically working 60+ hour weeks consistently, there’s no catering, there’s no socializing, it’s pure tax analysis and work. As a kid if first gen immigrants, I get the familial pressure to perform and to just keep your head down. I also get the desire to go off on your own and pursue the things you find interesting. However, it’s 450K dude. Suck it up. I personally don’t have the luxury to just quit because I felt like it. I have a fiancé, we have our own place, I have to support us and keep the bills paid. This guys is so privileged and he doesn’t even get it.

[@ferreiravinicius]

I love hearing you man. This channel is not about programming at all. It's about life. "I am excited about my forties".

[@oleksijm]

I'm in my (early) 30s and can't wait to switch to programming from an accounting-related career of 7+ years.

[@darkfoxwillie]

don't think everyone earns this lol

[@oleksijm]

@@darkfoxwillie you have to work on the transition.

[@analisamelojete1966]

I changed from finance. So, it’s possible. Requires tons of effort, an active github, and apply to places where your domain knowledge is valuable. For example, Odoo development on accounting modules. Apply to banks, risk management desks. Good luck, mate.

[@christianknuchel]

I can see the feasibility in quitting a $450k job without regrets. With those kinds of savings the low chance of becoming homeless or losing access to the vast majority of healthcare options is bound to help a ton with the "no regrets" part.

[@anthonyrocha8075]

No regerts

[@rusi6219]

At that point you can easily purchase land and livestock and just freelance as a programmer to have some cash in case you'd ever needed it

[@kiragi17]

17:33 As an operations analyst, I get mega ultra excited when we are able to leverage new data points to gauge performance and health of the business. This sort of stuff has a HUGE impact and it feels incredibly rewarding once the tools are built and being used.

[@doodlebroSH]

"I couldn't innovate being paid $500,000 a year so I had to quit" What a fucking bubble.

[@segueoyuri]

TI people are weird. The "greener grass effect" can get to some people. It's funny to see too how you can almost never have an accurate perception of yourself. Yeah... You're being paid 450k and you're doing this job for 1.5 year. How about you get really good at it instead of trying to make a move to CEO? Sure CEO is nice and I'm sure you'd be good doing it and all but... How about focus at the task at hand? "Oh at the beginning it was awesome to learn & earn but then I because dissatisfied just earning" meanwhile everyone looks at your situation and see the obvious skill gap you're not seeing. Not to mention the enormity of people with 2 jobs they hate just to make a living for them and their kids.

[@S-we2gp]

Golden handcuffs is such an insult to everyone else on the planet. I can NEVER sense any humility, grace, or thankfulness coming from these guys. I can understand every point made but its never couched in an air of gratefulness for all that they have.

[@freshnuts864]

thanks for sharing man

[@darkdudironaji]

You know, I want to sympathize with this guy. I really do. But I worked the same job, that I HATE, for 8 years. Because it put food on the table while I was going school. Let's just say I wasn't making $450k... Or $100k. Not even $60k. So, if somebody offered me $450k, I could probably do that job forever.

[@ari-mcbrown]

@15:10 ... nice you found your spark back...

[@adam.alexandru]

This sounds like an issue that most of us have, but I think it is all in our head. I would be proud in his place. He got the golden handcuffs. Some of us can't afford even bronze ones... 🤣 I realy like your reacts! Keep it up! 👏

[@pirateskeleton7828]

This guy gives me strong “live to work” vibes.

[@RexNEffect]

Legit a bit cringy

[@cericat]

Really frustrating generally how widespread the mindset still is, society's determined to work itself to death instead of growing and adapting to what the people need.

[@alexserrano2850]

24:50 I do feel this is absolutely true. I'm 30 in a couple months and only now I'm starting to comprehend and settling in life. I've lost so much time being a dumbass in my 20's as well, comparing myself to everyone else and just being reckless with my choices. Life just makes more sense when you grow up.

[@demolazer]

It's about balance between job satisfaction and level of salary. Sometimes a lot more money, allowing one to have a nicer life outside of work, can make it worth staying in a job that's not enjoyable. But in the long run, doing a job that's really stressful/draining is not sustainable, no matter the rewards.

[@cotneit]

These life experience clips are so good

[@TastyGarlicBread]

Product management mentioned! I feel represented.

[@MattThomson]

Today I learned there are programming jobs that pay $450k ?

[@justinthec]

Also Netflix is probably the only non-finance company that pays it all in cash. All the other tech companies pay a lot of it in stock instead.

[@demianmendez8078]

Got a guy who's 40 where I work the man was a senior business analyst he switched to junior software eng. He worked at the company I work at now for a year. Absolute pleasure and now he's off into and more exciting job

[@Grumpicles]

My 40s have absolutely rocked so far. I feel like I'm starting over again (mentally, not actually) with the experience of the last 20 years. You know how some people say "if I could be 20 again with all that experience..."? That's what it can be like in your 40s, IF you want to own that approach. And I haven't needed to re-start anything - it's the same old body, doing the same work I've done for decades, but a whole better approach.

[@ptk421]

The whole "don't quit a job" thing isn't right. It feels right. But it isn't. I have done it twice in my career (and I'm one week out from starting a new gig after the second run at it). It is scary. But it gives you time to focus on who you are, what you want to do next, and how that translates to the actual job search to land another position (or take a different path in life). That space is critical. Just make sure you have the finances to do it. Investing in yourself is the actual hard part.

[@Syntaxstic]

Thanks for your words. I quit my job a month ago. Taking a break is necessary sometimes.

[@rusi6219]

​@@Syntaxsticyeah it's fun until some HR nepotard starts to berate you about a two-month gap lol

[@captnoplan3926]

@ThePrimagen - where the f do you get your energy from? Getting up at 5am - working - having 4 kids - working after work - streaming etc etc

just sleep

[@julkiewicz]

What you're describing is very startup-like thinking. Focus on the problems that exist here today. Not on building stuff to build stuff. It's great that you enjoy it!

[@nate_wil]

Holy heck. He was on a 500k a year role at Netflix... tried to become a PM... didn't get there in 2 years... and quit? They gave him opportunities to parter with PM's and develop more skills and he turned it down? That's kinda crazy and a serious waste of an opportunity and seems like impatience.

[@thatgamingfreak]

I make much less than this guy and have also felt the golden handcuffs. Honestly what helped me the most was interviewing at a few companies that couldn't afford my asking price, and then having a talk with my manager about stuff that was making me miserable. Finding this channel has helped as well. Sometimes you just need a perspective shift.

[@CottidaeSEA]

No amount of money can save you from the feeling of helplessness and everything feeling pointless.

[@Siniverisyys]

I think it's healthy to strive for better, or for more, but when I became grateful I realized I already had almost everything I needed. I am grateful to have lived a little bit harder life than some, so I could learn this. You may not realize it, and it may not seem like it, but your life is perfect 👌 - from someone loving their 40's

[@prez3633]

“I cannot just quit netflix” That aged well

[@levonlevon98]

This video hits home. The part where ui is mostly copy paste, me. The part where I want to do a drastic career change, me. The part where my expectations aren't met, me. And it's hard to not spiral down from here.

[@raylopez99]

ThePrimeTime is a risk taker! Going cross-country to California with an 8.5 month preggo wife and two labs, no friends? Wow. But he has a Subaru, I like that car, we got one ourselves, very reliable. Peace and subscribed!

[@trevorwinger1700]

Happy thanksgiving prime.

[@shivangupadhyay8002]

prime reacts are the best .

[@avithedev]

The thumbnail😂😂😂😂 Edit: Just finished the video. Prime you are amazing man 🙌🏾

[@shaggyfeng9110]

A great take!

[@JeremyAndersonBoise]

My guy, you're the snizz, love from Idaho.

[@patricknelson]

14:19 - Ironically for me as I was thrust more into management, I became a bit less happy. I’m one of those that is way happier just sticking to code (if I had the choice). I don’t mind managing, but as long as I can at least contribute a significant amount of my time to coding as well (e.g. at least 20%, up to 50%) then I’m definitely happier. It’s good for a lead dev or dev manager to still be up-to-date on their coding skills anyway.

[@okunamayanad]

people look at things really relatively. you may be the most rich person in the world by 2x buy no matter what, if you lose a really small part of that money, and if you took your old money as the relative point, you'll be in depression that's what makes people that can get happy from small things have a strong psychology because they took the lowest point / avg as their relative point

[@chrishabgood8900]

Ya we moved from Austin to San Diego, that crap lasted 10 months then we tried Raleigh nc. Much better than cali. But eventually moved back to Austin.

[@tonywtyt]

Oh man... If I weren't going to be retiring soon as well as find some distractions, I would want to jump ship from my current employment also! Even now there are days where my toes are at the edge and I'd be thinking about starting the retirement process.

[@jonathancrowder3424]

At some point it makes sense to take a portion of that salary and just start another business at the same time so you can get the outlet you want, and keep your job

[@MNNoxMortem]

This hit a bit too close to home. Thank you for your insights.

[@bripbrap]

@ThePrimeTimeagen When you spoke about the time when you cured your burn out by making useful tools; Were you constrained by planning this stuff? like did you have to log what you were doing in items etc? I find the most fun i had was when i used to have free reign, however we have become very managed now, everything needs to be a jira ticket and planned by a team of people. Im burning out and dont have nearly as much passion. any ideas i have get distilled so much i just get bored.

[@Muaahaa]

You mention you work 5AM-4PM. That just for Netflix? Or include your streaming & YT work?

[@albertgao7256]

feel this guy, backend work is basically a patternized copy paste no matter which language and framework u r using. UI side is very fun because every interface and interaction is different than the other, not to mention the 10 js framework per month thing. 🤣

[@rdean150]

Great life advice here

[@zeckma]

I'm 18, about to be 19 in one and a half months, and while I know I have much more experience and disgust towards drugs and stupid decision making compared to others of my age, below it, and even higher up to 30, I am pretty depressed, and combining that with autism that so happens to carry negative aspects (hence it being a disability) my interests are very short bursts and then die pretty quickly and I have been so since 14 or 15, can't remember. This does ring in as depression speaking, the gravestone bit definitely alerting me as self-deprecation and low self-esteem. And this is why I'm afraid for going forward with any programming job that really isn't my own short-scope projects, then my motivation dies really quickly and i just stop working on said project. While I do have a job in retail and I have energy for it, it also brings with it another aspect of depression and I can't be bothered to do much of anything in terms of creativity. It's a really big pit that's just hard to climb out of. It's been getting better slowly but I feel I just need time.

[@ExiledDelver]

Yo holy shit you hit that home so well dude, I was a content creator on twitch with my wife and we grew and grew, I remember having 6 people watching us and when it dropped to 1 person it was the same feeling later if we had 2800 people vs 1600 people.... There are HUGE streamers that have 20+k for a specific game and if they stream something else they drop to 6k and that can be a difference in a mortgage payment. The feeling is so weird.... I remember friends and mods would be like ... wtf 1600 people are watching you and I was like sad/ down in the dumps after stream! I look back now and its silly but its really weird in the moment..... And doing something for money that you HATE just isnt worth it for some people..... You couldnt pay me 1M a year to play PUBG for 8 hours a day... I would jump off a bridge 100%

[@TheDoubleMvp]

Really insightful takes here. I strongly disagree with the take that UI is copy-pasta. Though, I will concede that when working with well-established component libraries, it can feel like you’re just gluing together pre-built components. On the flip side, UIs have become a lot more logic-heavy which introduces different, fun challenges of its own

[@ThePrimeTimeagen]

i can buy this take

[@DarylMetzler]

Well played. Thats some deeply insightful sh!t.