What It’s Like to Grow Up with More Money Than You’ll Ever Spend
>  I keep trying to tell [my kids] that money is morally neutral. It does not, in and of itself, make you a bad person. It also does not, in and of itself, makes you a good person.Being rich individually might not be morally bad, but inequality probably hurts society overall. "No drop is responsible for the flood" yada yada.> Within a couple of years I was giving away more money than my parents, who had much more money that I had, which they told me was embarrassing to them... I really considered giving it all away at a certain point in my 20s, and I know people who did that. And I wish I could tell you that it was courage that kept me from doing that, but it was mortal fear. I didn’t think I would be able to survive. I was afraid I was a hothouse flower. I didn’t know if I could live on my own.I think I have experienced this on a much smaller scale - the fear of committing to a career change (out of SWE) due to financial insecurities. Going backwards, financially, is incredibly difficult - it's so easy to get locked into a lifestyle that you simply can't relinquish it up voluntarily.> I’ve spent a lot of time earning things like post graduate degrees that make me feel legitimate. And those feelings have started to go away. But that’s outsourcing your sense of self.She's not the only one!