“When Ron Johnson was 24, he received a job offer for $120,000 a year. He turned it down… to take a job that paid only $40,000 per year.”

Afford Anything | Get Smarter With Money · Steve Jobs Hated the Name “Genius Bar.” How He Came Around, with Ron Johnson

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Turned down a $120,000 per year job offer to take a $40,000 per year retail job unloading trucks

$120,000; $40,000

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