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I do. That said, the value calculation is complex. It's not just annual salary divided by 2000 hours per year worked. It's more based on things like:

a) If I work harder and/or learn more, my salary and career trajectory will go up. There's an integrated increase over the rest of my life.

b) If I do consulting / startups / etc. on the side, what's that worth?

And you want to factor in risk, as well as not having bank account hit zero (even with risk). So if I'm unemployed (broadly speaking -- including planned unemployment like going to school), the expected value of my time hasn't changed, but the risk profile has, so my spending goes to as close to zero as I can bring it until I'm employed again.




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