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What's the value of a sinecure?
I'm not entirely happy with my job (mostly the location, and there's no way it could ever go full remote rather than hybrid), so I've been pursuing leads elsewhere, but it's... safe. Doesn't pay as much as I'd like, but it's a solid salary, and it's safe. Even if every single prediction about AI takes off, even if the US government has a partial crashout, even if I become more of a drooling imbecile than I already am, even if there's a Great Depression style jobs crash... it's safe.
How much importance should I (primary breadwinner, no kids) be placing on that, and staying where I am, vs. finding something more lucrative/with remote potential?
In any career, remember that you're being paid in two ways: the first being through your wages & benefits, the second being through knowledge and experience you learn on the job. If you're early on in your career, in a field where the ceilings are high, the latter is a lot more important than the former.
Sinecures are for people at the tail end of their career. There's not much use for new specialized knowledge because they won't have many years left to use it. And so they spend their time mentoring younger colleagues or providing strategic guidance - things that are easy because they've had the practice earlier on.
If you find yourself in a position where you think your salary is a lot higher than your skillset, then consider yourself lucky... but just like everything else you should one day expect regression to the mean.
Keep on hustlin'
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