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你会辞掉高薪工作去追求理想吗

Answer by James Liu, founder at BoxCat

詹姆斯•刘的回答，游戏公司BoxCat创始人

I left a six-figure, ex-pat, management position with daily per-diem, paid for apartment, an entire office, and several employees I was in charge of. I would rather be close to family. While growing up, life gave me the impression that I had to be sky-high successful. As if it were the ultimate attainment for life and the universe. So I went for it, worked hard for it, and did whatever it took to succeed.

我放弃了工资达六位数的外派管理工作。当时我不仅有每天的日常生活补助、公费公寓、一间大办公室，还有几名下属可供差遣。但我宁愿陪在家人身边。在成长过程中，生活告诉我，我必须有耀眼的成就，似乎这就是人生和宇宙存在的终极目标。于是，为了成功，我曾经一直坚持不懈，努力工作，愿意付出任何代价。

At 27, I was sitting alone on the 22nd floor of a residential complex right above the Hong Kong convention center. My housing was paid for by the company. I had international per-diem, which could cover any food I might desire.

27岁那年，我独坐在一栋商住综合楼的22层，下面便是香港会展中心。我的住宿费用由公司支付。我有按国际标准发放的日常生活补贴，足够我享受任何我想要的美食。

I had an office in the Samsung building on the 21st floor that had a view of Victoria Harbor. I had three other people I could boss around, ask them to fetch me coffee (if I wanted too), or completely delegate all my tasks to them. We had an interesting company culture and structure. I had several titles at that time: branch manager, project manager, technical lead, principle engineer and systems architect.