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Sometimes when I go to hacker news, I feel really poor.

dmix 8y ago
You can walk onto any city street and see the occasional person people driving nice cars too. Does that make you feel poor too?
- pxndx 8y ago
  I don't see these other people as fellow developers, but as golf-playing executives or their children. I'm aware that not everyone here is a dev, but we mostly have similar careers.
  - jniedrauer 8y ago
    I live on about 30% of my salary. Unless you're in the bay area or have a family to support, that's plausible (and honestly pretty comfortable) for most developers. If you wanted that car, you could have it.
  - solatic 8y ago
    Not everyone here lives in the US. Making SV salaries here, where 99+% of people are making under $80k/year, would be obscene. If I had access to that kind of money, I'd be putting it into better housing (penthouse?) long before ever thinking of buying a car like that.
madengr 8y ago
Nah, get on to Blind. That will make you feel poor.
- screye 8y ago
  People on blind are either straight up lying or having a very extreme case of selection bias. Blind worries me a lot. Because if the general claims made on the website are true, then the people in top companies making $300k+ annually are some of the most immature and toxic people on the face of the earth.
  - silveroriole 8y ago
    It happens on this site too... if you believe HN everyone in the UK is making £100k+, even though the average salary here is more like 40k. I’ve seen people complain because they’re ‘only’ making as much per month as most people in the country make annually.
shiftpgdn 8y ago
An I-Pace is only $60-70k. Assume you have 20k positive equity in your current vehicle the loan cost is about $800/mo. The equivalent would be buying a new Subaru Outback or F150 and paying for gas and oil changes.
- fivefive55 8y ago
  "Assume you have 20k positive equity in your current vehicle" Yeah, that's definitely an assumption.
- mrguyorama 8y ago
  >An I-Pace is only $60-70k Please take a step back and think about the average human being for a moment
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dmix 8y ago

You can walk onto any city street and see the occasional person people driving nice cars too. Does that make you feel poor too?

pxndx 8y ago
I don't see these other people as fellow developers, but as golf-playing executives or their children. I'm aware that not everyone here is a dev, but we mostly have similar careers.
- jniedrauer 8y ago
  I live on about 30% of my salary. Unless you're in the bay area or have a family to support, that's plausible (and honestly pretty comfortable) for most developers. If you wanted that car, you could have it.
- solatic 8y ago
  Not everyone here lives in the US. Making SV salaries here, where 99+% of people are making under $80k/year, would be obscene. If I had access to that kind of money, I'd be putting it into better housing (penthouse?) long before ever thinking of buying a car like that.

madengr 8y ago

Nah, get on to Blind. That will make you feel poor.

screye 8y ago
People on blind are either straight up lying or having a very extreme case of selection bias. Blind worries me a lot. Because if the general claims made on the website are true, then the people in top companies making $300k+ annually are some of the most immature and toxic people on the face of the earth.
- silveroriole 8y ago
  It happens on this site too... if you believe HN everyone in the UK is making £100k+, even though the average salary here is more like 40k. I’ve seen people complain because they’re ‘only’ making as much per month as most people in the country make annually.

shiftpgdn 8y ago

An I-Pace is only $60-70k. Assume you have 20k positive equity in your current vehicle the loan cost is about $800/mo. The equivalent would be buying a new Subaru Outback or F150 and paying for gas and oil changes.

fivefive55 8y ago
"Assume you have 20k positive equity in your current vehicle" Yeah, that's definitely an assumption.
mrguyorama 8y ago
>An I-Pace is only $60-70k Please take a step back and think about the average human being for a moment
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