I am a software engineer currently interviewing with a few different companies and I am expecting to receive an offer for more than $140k. I don't say this as a brag, but it is relevant to the point I am about to make.
I am super excited for this offer to come in because it will allow me to do the following things:
- Buy a house
- Retire before 60
- Save for my kids future
- Afford healthcare
- Take a vacation every once in a while
- Invest in my hobbies and interests
I have just been thinking about how amazing all of these different things are and how much this is going to positively impact my life and then I realized… WTF? Shouldn't these things just be baseline factors of life for anyone who works? I am a high earner and all of the sudden I can finally afford to do basic shit with my life! Why do I feel so lucky and blessed to be able to afford basic necessities, invest in my future, and enjoy my life?
I just wanted to share because we need to break down this mindset in the country and demand more. We should expect to be paid enough to afford the basics in our life and be excited when we get more than that. It feels like the default now is to expect to barely scrape by, and be excited when we have just enough at the end of the month to put a few dollars away in savings.
We deserve more.