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Originally Posted by jmakin
I just don't want to put myself in a situation to get extremely bitter about doing twice as much work as my peers while making probably ~20% less, like I suspect is happening.
20% of what they are making is nothing on the grand scale.
What is important is gaining the experience and skills to make exponentially more than them. Everytime they are being lazy/useless and making you do the work, they are actually giving you an opportunity to improve and get better. You should desire to do more than them. Not just 1.5-2x more productivity, push for 5-10x+.
Take all the work you can get, and if they sit around on their asses, **** em. Gimme gimme the knowledge and the skills, let them kick back and drive themselves into the ground.
Stop focusing on the short term and the toxic people around you. Think about where you will be in 5-7 years from now. Knowledge and experience are 90% of what matters right now.