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Easier to hire here, supposedly. Fewer tech firms by comparison to SF/NY -> less competition for applicants. I'm in Chicago making ~95k and these threads the l
by aerovistae 11y ago
Easier to hire here, supposedly. Fewer tech firms by comparison to SF/NY -> less competition for applicants.
I'm in Chicago making ~95k and these threads the last couple days have been ever so mildly depressing, with people graduating same year as me and making $323k.
- rhino369 11y agoI left Chicago for a job and I totally regret it. 95k in Chicago is a really good living.
- mfoy_ 11y agoI mean, for what it's worth they say quality of life barely changes once you're past a threshold.[1] So I wouldn't worry about it too much. [1]http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/04/18/money-improves-quality-of-life_n_1434073.html http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/04/18/money-improves-qual...
- aerovistae 11y agoI just have a hard time believing that. It's a funny contradiction because I know perfectly well I'm not really much happier now at $95k than I was at $60k, or working in a park for minimum wage a decade ago, but at the same time there's so much I'd like to do that I don't because I'm trying to save money, and at $323k it would be pretty effortless to save massively and do whatever I wanted.
- plaguuuuuu 11y agoThe things you want to do start to expand when you have more money, plus in the first place your budget for mundane shit blows out due to lifestyle inflation. If you socialise with other people in the same income bracket, it's going to happen.
- graedus 11y agoRight, this will naturally happen for most people, but if you're mindful of this effect you can work to curb it if you choose. There are people in the top 1% who "feel poor" - because they live in expensive homes, drive luxury cars, feel the need to send their kids to the most expensive private schools, and have friends who own yachts - and there are millionaires who basically live like they make $80,000. I would aim more toward the latter (although obviously going too far in that direction can be unhealthy too).
- rifung 11y agoI don't think that's actually completely true. See: http://scholar.harvard.edu/files/danielgilbert/files/if-money-doesnt-make-you-happy.nov-12-20101.pdf http://scholar.harvard.edu/files/danielgilbert/files/if-mone...
- cbr 11y agoI think this article is better researched: https://80000hours.org/articles/everything-you-need-to-know-about-whether-money-makes-you-happy/ https://80000hours.org/articles/everything-you-need-to-know-...