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Why I left my tech job to work on chronic pain

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330 points glasscannon | 1 comments | 04 Jul 25 12:50 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source
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doddpronter ◴[04 Jul 25 15:46 UTC] No.44465530[source]▶
It's crazy how much your physical health is tied to mental happiness/lack of stress. I had a friend that during his most stressful period as a 24 year old in Investment Banking had strep throat 4 times in 2 months.

Several doctor visits concluded that it was the long hours and insane amount of stress that was severely crushing his immune system.

Moral of the story is love what you do and take care of yourself: nothing is as important as your own health and happiness

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1. hiAndrewQuinn ◴[04 Jul 25 16:00 UTC] No.44465653[source]▶
Did your friend leave IB after this diagnosis, or did he tough it out?

To me that's the real question. I think either option is defensible, depending on what one values in life. I've known certain people who pulled 80 hour work weeks for years only to give away double-digit percentages of their salaries to charity, because that was what was important to them, and I don't think they were wrong for doing that, just making choices at a margin I would find intolerable far earlier.