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Exactly. In that in one of them, your landlord isn't likely to cover you, and is likely to kick you out, but your parents probably would cover the shortfall if
by cbanek 7y ago
Exactly. In that in one of them, your landlord isn't likely to cover you, and is likely to kick you out, but your parents probably would cover the shortfall if they are able (at least for a couple of months). And if they aren't, you'll just go back home.
On the other side, many young people end up having to help their parents make rent. They don't have the position to take on any of their own risk.
- TeMPOraL 7y ago> On the other side, many young people end up having to help their parents make rent. They don't have the position to take on any of their own risk. Yup. Dreaming about startups was all fun until I realized that I'm essentially providing for 5 people beyond myself, at which point I got super insecure about keeping my well-paying job.
- paganel 7y ago> On the other side, many young people end up having to help their parents make rent. I have been in that position since my early 20s (I'm now approaching my 40s), well, since I was 21 or 22, meaning ever since I got my first salary. I didn't have to pay for my parents' rent but I did have to send my parents money regularly, each month, for almost 20 years now, because it's hard to pay your power bills and to buy basic stuff like bread or edible oil well when you live on subsistence agriculture, like my parents do. Paul Graham's view is very US suburban-centric, like most of the products and cultural views coming out of Silicon Valley.