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Health care is a huge one. Health care is a massive one. Burke doesn't mention if he's single or has a family, but any kind of decent plan (health + dental +
by joezydeco 8y ago
Health care is a huge one.
Health care is a massive one. Burke doesn't mention if he's single or has a family, but any kind of decent plan (health + dental + vision) that covers a family will be extremely expensive. I just left a company and the COBRA quote for my old plan was $2,600/month.
If ACA had been modified to eliminate preexisting conditions, this would have been even worse. I shopped on the open market before ACA and it was a nightmare.
- ordinaryperson 8y agoExactly. And presumably the OP is young and healthy but as you get older you'll need a lot of doctor's visits for the entire family and if you want a GOOD plan, not just some garbage one that barely covers anything, it's extremely expensive. But it gets to my overall point -- a lot of freelance devs like to bandy around big numbers like 250K without subtracting any of the costs or drawbacks. For some people I'm sure the tradeoff is worth it but on balance a good job at Big Tech Co to me seems like a better long-term prospect than freelancing forever. But it's just my opinion.
- joezydeco 8y agoYou don't even need to get older. Once you add a spouse and the possibility of pregnancy and delivery comes into play...the rates skyrocket.