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Will I get anything more out of this? As a 10x engineer I can expect to make at most double what a normal 2x engineer (1x engineers mostly get out of engineering in my experience) makes when I get to the tail end of my career.

I like to improve my engineering skills. However I also like to take nice vacations, do wood carving, play mandolin, go for long walks in the park, see my kids grow up, and all the billions of other things people do in life. There isn't time to do it all: time spend becoming better at one is time stolen from the others.




Wouldn't a "2x" engineer then be a 1x engineer, and a "1x" engineer <1x?


No point putting in more than 1x for somebody else's yacht, you have to build your own vision and sell it.




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