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Salary can kinda feed the ego too a bit, anybody?
IDK why, like you’re kinda important-ish & trusted-ish in a way or something… nobody’s worrying how long you’re in the bathroom, get your work done or get fired, angle for that promotion for a bigger salary, no timecards (besides California engineers and perhaps others) that feel kinda like you’re there to be a body as opposed to being there for your mind?
(Stream of consciousness here)
You are spot on. Being free of the clock for 5 years, then going back on was a shock to me. Forgot how limiting that was!
Liberating to accomplish your goals and spend free time working out other paths and projects. All I hear on lemmy is that salary is there to abuse the worker. Not in my limited experience. Salary allowed me to fly and truly contribute.
And we might notice, most salaried jobs are higher level. Can't compare working a fry vat with working an Active Directory domain.