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As someone who's not on a programmer's salary, $40k is definitely not "shit". The lack of context in how this piece was framed deeply annoyed me, so I responded
by exolymph 10y ago
As someone who's not on a programmer's salary, $40k is definitely not "shit". The lack of context in how this piece was framed deeply annoyed me, so I responded: https://medium.com/@sonyaellenmann/frankly-this-was-very-frustrating-to-read-5659ec87e96e#.2ors4vctl https://medium.com/@sonyaellenmann/frankly-this-was-very-fru...
- rifung 10y agoIn fairness, I don't think that'd get you very far in Seattle, which I assume the guy went to since he went to UW. I imagine that's part of the reason they enacted the $15 minimum wage
- exolymph 10y agoI live in the Bay Area — just not San Francisco or Oakland — and the minimum I could live on is $2,000 per month (before taxes). But that comes to $24k per year, with is substantially less that $40k. Also the author was a woman, just FYI.
- seanmcdirmid 10y agoMy 60k CHF post doc was more than enough to live in Lausanne, which is way more expensive than SF or Seattle. I was also able to save about half since eating out was too expensive to consider.