Choosing a job

How do you decide if a job is worth taking? After years of bushwhacking and making mistakes, I’ve settled on a simple approach. Meaning, money, and lifestyle. You want at least two. Ideally all three. How you define these is personal, but here’s what they roughly mean. Meaning is the work itself. Do you care about it? Does it matter to you? Would you be proud to get good at it? Money is whether the job pays enough to fund the life you want. To support your family, build security, invest, travel, or buy back future freedom. Lifestyle is what the job does to your every day. Your mood. Your energy. Your sleep. Your ability to train, think, see people you love, and have a life outside work. Some people love remote work. Others like being in an office. Some people want maximum pay. Others are willing to trade money for autonomy. Some want to work on big important problems. Others just want work they enjoy with people they like. And that’s fine, you shouldn’t copy someone else’s…