> I love how everyone always words this like it's perfectly reasonable to expact a salary that has you living like a college student and unreasonable to ask for

> I love how everyone always words this like it's perfectly reasonable to expact a salary that has you living like a college student and unreasonable to ask for a salary that lets you live like an actual grownup If I interpret your parent post correctly, their opinion is than it's not at all reasonable to accept such low salaries. It's just that there are apparently more than enough fools who do it anyway, until they learn that this is both unwise and unsustainable.