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For what it's worth, you're in roughly the top 30% of earners globally. Whether that constitutes "a lot of money" depends on your definition, but we often forge
by ConfuciusSay 11y ago
For what it's worth, you're in roughly the top 30% of earners globally. Whether that constitutes "a lot of money" depends on your definition, but we often forget just how little most people on this planet live on so I wanted to throw it out there.
- adevine 11y agoWhich is why I have a lot of sympathy for the majority of people on the planet. For the typical HN commenter, though, who is either highly compensated or at least in an industry with a lot of job security, I have to roll my eyes when people act so baffled as to how one can possibly save money. I am well compensated now, but right after college I was making 15k a year (it was in the arts) and I still managed to save money.
- mathgeek 11y agoI think we can safely restrict our sampling to much less than the global population when discussing someone quitting their job in SV.
- tomjen3 11y agoHe also lives in a place that is far more expensive.