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Resignation letter
Escaping the golden handcuffs
The excuses were easy to find: My life had all the trappings of success I'd dreamed of as a teenager. My work funded adventures around the world, fancy dinners in cities I'd only seen in movies, and—as a child of an immigrant—the financial security I had never experienced growing up. Walking away from that felt like ma... See more
The excuses were easy to find: My life had all the trappings of success I'd dreamed of as a teenager. My work funded adventures around the world, fancy dinners in cities I'd only seen in movies, and—as a child of an immigrant—the financial security I had never experienced growing up. Walking away from that felt like ma... See more
Danny Aziz • I Left My Job to Run an AI Wrapper at Every
A friend, Khe Hy, provides a perfect description of this phase. Fifteen years into a successful career in finance, he walked away to find a new path. However, it took him a long time to make that decision. He reflected, “It definitely wasn’t a sudden realization. It’s a little bit like having a pebble in your shoe, where you’re walking and somethin
... See morePaul Millerd • The Pathless Path: Imagining a New Story For Work and Life
For the most part, I don’t blame anyone. But what’s concerning is that this spirit of exit is becoming the de-facto goal of many people.
- People want to hit it big with equity compensation at the right company
- Work for the highest paying companies no matter what they have to do
- Founding companies just for the chance of an exit, even if they don’t care
Paul Millerd • Are Long-Games Real? I Suspect Mostly No | #292
