Early in my career, my focus was heavily on compensation. The package, the benefits, the title attached to the role. To me, back then it felt like the most important measure of success.

But with time and experience, another reality became clear. A paycheck motivates you twice a month. However; work culture influences how you feel every single day. In a toxic work culture, one may never be able to realize their compensation goals. Thoughts?

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I don't disagree with your general point, though I'd say a paycheck does more than motivate me twice a month. It determines to a large degree how I live and how much anxiety I have. And the thing about work culture is that a toxic culture respects no dollar range. You can be working a low paying job and have plenty of stress and a toxic boss. So you might as well shoot for a high paying job.

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you're right about toxic cultures being salary agnostic. I've seen soul crushing micromanagers at $45k/year startups and I've seen the exact same personality type pulling $400k+ at Big Tech or finance, same narcissistic playbook, just with better lighting and catered lunch. The poison doesn't care about the pay band.

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