Extreme Time Value of Money: Late-Stage Career Planning

Published on 21.04.2026

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Extreme Time Value of Money: Late-stage Career Planning

TLDR: Kent Beck reflects on how his career economics shifted at 60, realizing mortality creates infinite discount rates for future rewards. Tech compensation's long-term bias conflicts with late-career priorities of earning for options while enjoying remaining time.

Extreme Time Value of Money: Late-stage Career Planning