Business Insider

Jay Gengelbach quit his $700,000 tech job at Verily in mid-2024, knowing it was a financial risk.

Read more about why he quit here: www.businessinsider.com/quit-tech-job-take-risk-mo…

(Credit: Courtesy of Suzanne Tadros Photography; Business Insider)

2 days ago | [YT] | 352



@SonaraRuna

Says the man who made enough money before downsizing. Funny how that works.

2 days ago | 183

@dsmyify

"Money doesn't buy happiness" - rich people.

2 days ago | 152

@blakeaaron5698

You went from $700k/yr to $350k/yr - oh, the horror 😅😑 …tone def articl

2 days ago | 154

@howesteve966

Wow...so... once you have enough money to do whatever you wanted. You realized money didnt matter.

2 days ago | 82

@33Monkeys33

Is this the Onion??? What kind of topic is this??? 😂 WTF!!

2 days ago | 38

@-VForValhalla-

Give me $100 million and I'll say crap like these too

2 days ago | 27

@EkkoBekko

It only took making enough money to never have to worry about it again to realize it doesn't buy happiness 😂☠

2 days ago | 27

@Easttowest45

How convenient that he found enlightenment AFTER accumulating all the savings he could ever need to live comfortably. What a hero.

11 hours ago | 8

@Dave-0

First world guy has first world problems.

2 days ago | 13

@gregleija4540

Someone who is already rich gets to say that not someone who's broke.

2 days ago | 6

@Oonagh72

Money may not buy happiness, but it will rent it.

2 days ago | 13

@Robert-f7z7s

Yeah says the man who made enough money to be able to retire and not worry about bills or buying whatever they want for the rest of their life

1 day ago | 6

@bighoppa26k

You call that a financial risk? Most of us never even seen 6 digits before.

13 hours ago | 3

@Czyb20

Thats something i would say proudly if i was making 700k a year 😂

2 days ago | 4

@emmanueliorliam3223

Only people who have a bunch of money make this kinda statements

2 days ago | 3

@nmypraha

must have been awful! glad he broke free! can't even imagine how horrible that must have been.

2 days ago | 12

@ytpanonanon

‘Money doesn’t buy happiness but only after I made a boatload I decided I can take my foot off the gas’ funny how that works 😂

1 day ago | 2

@jamestaylorjr2521

$700,000 is about 7 years salary for me... I do work alot of scheduled and unscheduled ot.

1 day ago | 3

@SomethingElse4U

He could just keep the job and donate all of his earnings… that’s an option as well.

2 days ago | 7

@villram7389

😂 money doesn’t buy happiness but it buys everything that makes me happy. In return I am happy. Never let rich people scare you away from the pursuit of financial freedom

1 day ago | 2