This is basically the story:<p><a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.geekwire.com&#x2F;2016&#x2F;payscale-ratings-rank-spacex-tesla-low-salary-high-meaningfulness&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.geekwire.com&#x2F;2016&#x2F;payscale-ratings-rank-spacex-te...</a><p>Yes. Working for and with people who want to change the world is, in many ways, its own reward. It&#x27;s definitely possible to get burned out, and you do work hard, but there has never been a week that went by where I thought to myself, &quot;I&#x27;m not doing anything worthwhile here&quot;, or even, &quot;I&#x27;m not contributing positively&quot;.<p>I used to work for a financial services company. I made 150% of what I make at SpaceX for at least as many hours a week. The difference was, at the end of those weeks, I would look back and realize that if I did my job right, I was doing nothing other than making rich people richer.