"Edited: Way too many people haven’t noticed this is satire. I’ve seen an article on Facebook claiming $100k isn’t enough to live in the valley, and then anothe

"Edited: Way too many people haven’t noticed this is satire. I’ve seen an article on Facebook claiming $100k isn’t enough to live in the valley, and then another one claiming $130k isn’t enough. Then there’s another Twitter employee complaining with $160,000.I wanted to make a hyperbolic next step to show the stupidity of those articles. There are service workers living with $10k or less. Working in tech, you should be fine with your salary. Stop complaining." I understand this is intended as satire, but I don't think it succeeds on that basis. Hyperbole based satire certainly can be used to reveal an absurdity, but sometimes the hyberbole involved in satire is exactly what turns a reasonable position into an absurd one. Although it is true that people make it in SF on less than 100k a year, I don't think it's reasonable to use a satire based on a single person earning 250k a year to tell people who earn 100k that the should be happy and stop complaining. I noticed that this analysis left out childcare. A quick google search shows that the average cost of childcare per month is 1,900-2,400. If you want the kind that allows two people to work full time, 2,400 isn't a bad deal. You also need housing, especially if you have two kids. That's going to be expensive. It's very unlikely you'll get this for less than $2500 a month in rent. As for not complaining... honestly, most of the people I know with kids in SF and are hard up for money don't complain much, they get on with it. It's the Silicon Valley tech employers who constantly complain about hiring woes. These companies often refuse to allow remote work or find a way for workers to live in places where 100K would be a wonderful salary for a family. As far as I see it, it's those companies that are constantly complaining to congress about a shortage of workers.