It's pretty clear most of the commenters here have never been poor, but instead look at everything from their startup bubbles. And no, I'm not talking about the self-induced poverty where you put money in your own company, and you eat noodles every day for 2 years.
I've been poor, and yea, I'd totally see people going that way to get a sofa, just to feel like a bloody normal family. One less thing to think about. Sounds whack, but that's how it is.
This entire article reeks of first-world problems, and in general, the problem with Millenials. You complain too much.
You write an article outlining how fantastic you are, with fancy formulas, yet whine on about work not being challenging enough and how it's not fair. Boo-fucking-hoo.
You're obviously smart enough to figure out what to do.
Young people over here in Europe are forced to move all over Europe to fight for jobs. At least you have a decent job, and you don't have complete culture shock every time you move.
Well, you ask a valid question, but the fact that you actually have to mention your current pay and are coming across as a pompous ass might cause some of the downvoting.
lol 'yea you can dress however you want'. Yea, they bloody well should let you when you're in the office 80+ hours a week.
I'll never go back to games - in the 6 years I've been in the games industry, I've worked with some really smart and fun people, but management (and on the whole, a lot of 'game designers') generally suck and have no idea what they're talking about. That includes a lot of the veterans - they got famous on a single game idea, way way way back and are carried by that.
Bill Gates and Elon Musk were/are building their own empires.
Why should I sweatshop away for an IT company where I don't get a dime more when we ship a few thousand units more? That's not to say you shouldn't do a good job when you're an employee...you've signed a contract where you agreed on applying your skills the very best you can.
Working weeks > 40 hours still occur in Holland too; when I was working for outplacement agencies ('detachering') I regularly clocked 60-70 hour weeks, but in general the pay was very good, not to mention the additional stuff. Travel time didn't help either; you're all over the place.