Show HN: Why the most popular ways to do good in careers aren’t best
One suggestion I have is to come up with tools to think about the variance in future earnings.<p>Let me be more specific: if a person makes $300k&#x2F;year they may be willing to give away 50% if they know it is going to last 40 years. However, if the job could go away tomorrow and they may end up with a $100k job for 40 years, they will want to have saved some of the money for themselves.<p>Is there a good framework to think about that situation?<p>I read a statistic that 50% of Americans will find themselves earning in the top 10% at least one year of their lives.<p>We just don&#x27;t know how long it lasts. When should one give it away?<p>p.s. great superman comic in the beginning. makes the point very succinctly.