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1. djsumdog (djsumdog@djsumdog.com)'s status on Friday, 05-Apr-2024 02:05:54 JST djsumdog

   I've been a "senior engineer" in some form or another for about two decades. I've lived in three countries and I get paid a lot for being half-way decent, and the only debt I have is ~12 more years on my house.

   I typically do above the bare minimum; enough that I'm impressed by the low standards at whatever company I'm at while not becoming some kind of lynch pin in any meaningful way (I accidentally became important in DevOps, so I'm never doing that again).

   Our school valedictorian has also lived in (at least) three countries, but he's never really built out his career, still doesn't own a house and is totally sucked in by a purple-haired super-left girl who cancelled their wedding a month out with no explanation and they're still together.

   I am the most-mid person. It's all about tempering expectations really.

   In my futile life I have seen both of these: A righteous man perishing in his righteousness, and a wicked man living long in his wickedness. Do not be overly righteous, and do not make yourself too wise. Why should you destroy yourself? Do not be excessively wicked, and do not be a fool. Why should you die before your time? It is good to grasp the one and not let the other slip from your hand. For he who fears God will follow both warnings

   -Ecclesiastes 7:15-18

   King Solomon understood the "middle way" before Buddah