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People in tech rarely feel the squeeze to the degree that those in service / manufacturing industries do.
by d3ad1ysp0rk 9y ago
People in tech rarely feel the squeeze to the degree that those in service / manufacturing industries do.
- Fifer82 9y agoNo? I spend 30 hours or so a week learning my trade. No one else does unless they get paid for it.
- stingraycharles 9y agoI think it's pretty similar with artists, musicians, writers, etc -- pretty much any other creative field. The difference is that we get paid a lot more.
- maxxxxx 9y agoWe get paid ok but most of us barely have one home. There is no common bond between the regular tech guy and a successful VC. Different worlds.
- wott 9y ago> We get paid ok but most of us barely have one home. If the average 'tech' worker is 28 and single, that's normal, not a sign of 'squeezing'.
- speeder 9y agoI think you got it the other way around. I am 29, and single... But I am single BECAUSE I am nowhere near owning a home, in fact I don't own a home, or a car, or anything, to the point I stopped looking for a girlfriend because... why bother? It is not like I can even take her to a cinema.
- chris_7 9y agoNeither me nor my girlfriend own a car or a house (and hopefully we never will). Why would either of those be an issue? Plenty of people date and live together in apartments.
- imesh 9y agoCertainly, before I had a tech job none of my service level jobs left me with any money in the bank, if I got fired I had no money period. Now if I lose my job I have a few months.