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0 pointsdoe8812y ago0 comments

This is a free country you can downvote me as much as you want but you cannot distort facts by quoting half paragraphs. And facts are that that if he was paid enough he would have stayed longer at Penny Arcade in order to later fulfill his dream of teaching.

> Doing so comfortably requires that before then, I need to put away a lot of money to support myself when I’m getting paid a truly ludicrous wage. It is true that I am paid below market value, but not so significantly as folks on the internet assume. I live quite comfortably on this salary, and while it’s less than I could make elsewhere, it’s not out of the bounds of reasonable expectation. But I want to accelerate my plans for teaching. So here we are. I love this company, but I have goals that won't be fulfilled by working there, so it's time to move on.

TL;DR I'm leaving because I'm underpaid.

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deletes12y ago· 4 in thread

He is leaving because:

-I want to accelerate my plans for teaching

-I have goals that won't be fulfilled by working there

-I need to put away a lot of money to support myself when I’m getting paid a truly ludicrous wage ||-> indicating he is getting paid well at PA( compared to the teching job ) and was able to amass money for the low paying job when he will be teaching.

Reading is tech.

hatu12y ago

I read it as he's not getting paid well enough to put money away so he's changing to a better paying job which let's him build up his savings and then move to teaching. Which would imply that PA isn't paying him very well.

gwern12y ago

Yes, he's not really clear that 'I am quitting so I can get a better-paying job to save up for becoming a teacher', but if you parse the paragraph carefully and pay attention to the 'but's, it's what he's saying:

> I am leaving because I have always wanted to teach. Doing so comfortably requires that before then, I need to put away a lot of money to support myself when I’m getting paid a truly ludicrous wage. It is true that I am paid below market value, but not so significantly as folks on the internet assume. I live quite comfortably on this salary, and while it’s less than I could make elsewhere, it’s not out of the bounds of reasonable expectation. But I want to accelerate my plans for teaching. So here we are. I love this company, but I have goals that won't be fulfilled by working there, so it's time to move on.

'I live comfortably... but I want to accelerate my plans for teaching'; he's not quitting to teach, he's quitting to 'accelerate my plans' ie. save up a bunch of money, which implies getting a better-paying job which is not itself teaching.

deletes12y ago

I agree, after reading it again it could be interpreted in that way as well.

asdasf12y ago

Your conclusion is quite bizarre. He wants to teach. He will get paid poorly when he does so. He needs to save up money first. So he is leaving PA to get a job that pays well so he can save up that money. He has not been able to amass that money, he is only able to "live comfortably". He is not taking a teaching job yet, he is taking a job to finance his future teaching career.

doe88OP12y ago

> -I need to put away a lot of money to support myself when I’m getting paid a truly ludicrous wage -> indicating he is getting paid well at PA and was able to amass money for the low paying job when teaching.

Non sequitur.

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