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Assuming you mean buy and maintain, same as the percentage of world population that have the finances to buy a private jet.

throwawayhhakdl 7y ago
I think less than average. HN would, in my best guess, be much wealthier than average, but contain a smaller proportion of the super wealth required to (reasonable) purchase a private jet
lucideer 7y ago
I would say the percentage on HN is far far higher. The majority of HN are from the US/the anglosphere/wealthy western nations. A large percentage of HN are in a profession that pays above average (engineering). A smaller but I guess not insignificant percentage are investors. HN is in no way representative of the general population.
- snowwrestler 7y ago
  I'm sure there are far fewer people on HN at the lower end of the global wealth scale, than in the global population. But it takes a lot of money to buy a jet. I would not be too sure that the very top of the global wealth scale is well-represented here, either. Dicking around on a web forum seems like a waste of time for someone with the means to live the life they want.
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- cmdshiftf4 7y ago
  >I would say the percentage on HN is far far higher. >A large percentage of HN are in a profession that pays above average (engineering) Not related. Even if you're a director at Google pulling 1m a year in, you're not buying a private jet. Or, you're not unless you're reckless. The reason HN would have a far higher audience of people who own or have access to private jets is because a bunch of tech entrepreneurs who've really made it, such as the Collisons and Drew Houston, have come through here on their ascension and some of whom are still around.
samatman 7y ago
~46% of the world lives on $5.50 a day or less[0]. How many of them do you think browse Hacker News? [0]: https://www.worldbank.org/en/news/press-release/2018/10/17/nearly-half-the-world-lives-on-less-than-550-a-day https://www.worldbank.org/en/news/press-release/2018/10/17/n...

throwawayhhakdl 7y ago

I think less than average. HN would, in my best guess, be much wealthier than average, but contain a smaller proportion of the super wealth required to (reasonable) purchase a private jet

lucideer 7y ago

I would say the percentage on HN is far far higher. The majority of HN are from the US/the anglosphere/wealthy western nations. A large percentage of HN are in a profession that pays above average (engineering). A smaller but I guess not insignificant percentage are investors. HN is in no way representative of the general population.

snowwrestler 7y ago
I'm sure there are far fewer people on HN at the lower end of the global wealth scale, than in the global population. But it takes a lot of money to buy a jet. I would not be too sure that the very top of the global wealth scale is well-represented here, either. Dicking around on a web forum seems like a waste of time for someone with the means to live the life they want.
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cmdshiftf4 7y ago
>I would say the percentage on HN is far far higher. >A large percentage of HN are in a profession that pays above average (engineering) Not related. Even if you're a director at Google pulling 1m a year in, you're not buying a private jet. Or, you're not unless you're reckless. The reason HN would have a far higher audience of people who own or have access to private jets is because a bunch of tech entrepreneurs who've really made it, such as the Collisons and Drew Houston, have come through here on their ascension and some of whom are still around.

samatman 7y ago

~46% of the world lives on $5.50 a day or less[0]. How many of them do you think browse Hacker News? [0]: https://www.worldbank.org/en/news/press-release/2018/10/17/nearly-half-the-world-lives-on-less-than-550-a-day https://www.worldbank.org/en/news/press-release/2018/10/17/n...