It takes a lot of courage to do this, but more less now than you will ever need....

		jackgolding on Nov 10, 2016 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Ask HN: Have you ever thought of leaving programmi... It takes a lot of courage to do this, but more less now than you will ever need. You will start earning $150k a year then and then the opportunity cost might be $80-100k to go down to a junior developer. Then you have a wife, kids, mortgage, credit card loan...