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Did "not spending 1 more year as an employee at Google" cost you more or less than all of your later wins?


More. And by a huge margin. Leaving Google early was by far the most costly financial decision I've ever made in my life. But I don't regret it. You have to focus on the money you made and not the money you didn't make or you'll be miserable no matter what happens because no matter how well you do you could have always done better in hindsight.




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