The point is not to chill and just burn through the savings and not work. How would having that much money saved, change the way you look for jobs?

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    10k is “a hefty savings”? That money is gone very quickly if you have a family and a mortgage, etc.

    I don’t think 10k would change anything, I would still need to hurry to get a job.

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      Ok in your case, let’s say you have 80K in savings. How would that change the way you go about looking for a job?

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        I would then take time to find a remote company which to some degree would align with my moral values. I would not need to rush to keep working in the automobile industry, but instead would try to get in somewhere where they would need my experience and work with renewable energy or smart grids or something similar. For that I would probably need to spent some time doing some courses on that topic and educate myself so I’m employable. The 80k would give me that possibility.

        (My case is rather specific that I also need a work visa sponsor to be able to stay in Korea, so that makes it much more difficult.)

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        I had this. What i did was consider what the best title/type of company i could get with respect to career growth and turned down interviews for everything that wasnt that.

        I came VERY close to changing my search parameters after about three months of looking with no firm offer. I landed one of the ones i wanted. Pay isnt on the upper end for the title but its still the title and a large company.

        If i had to rush i probably would have taken a much shittier role with far less growth opportunity.

        I am a highly trained professional with 10 years experience though so ymmv.

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        Ok in your case, let’s say you have 80K in savings.

        Half a million would be about the point where it would change my ways.

        With only 5 million I would stop working for money.

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        The problem is that unless you had enough investments to be generating an income you can live on, all a neat egg does is focus your mind on the fact that it is diminishing and that could be used as a deposit for a house or just a rainy day fund.

        What it might do is encourage you to get something lower paying just to pay the bills while you are waiting for the dream job or you might be able to undertake an unpaid apprenticeship as long as there’s a solid job offer at the end of it.

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        Ok, now we’re talking. That will get me through a couple of years if managed well, so I would have the luxury to be choosy about my next job, get multiple offers (hopefully) and not have to sacrifice on having fun while looking. Still, I’d be planning to get a new job in 2-3 months max, ideally.