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All it would take is the teller at the local bank telling her BFF that you're one of the richest people in the county (which she shouldn't, but she did), and su
by chiph 7y ago
All it would take is the teller at the local bank telling her BFF that you're one of the richest people in the county (which she shouldn't, but she did), and suddenly you're being hit up by every hard-luck case for miles around. You'd be their lottery winner next door.
edit Not to mention the target of every drug user and petty criminal.
- zorak 7y agoEven with a great tech salary, your wealth is NOT noteworthy at the local bank. The amount of ego in this thread is impressive!
- cheese4242 7y agoSeriously, tech has got to have some of the most inflated egos on the planet. Do people in this thread really think there aren't plenty of other people making 150-200+ outside of the major tech hubs? Do they really think they are going to be Mr. Monopoly Man because they have a 150k remote job in Des Moines?
- esotericn 7y agoThe OP's scenario is over the top, but if you had a 150k USD remote job in my hometown you could buy half a street. You would have a very different life to those around you and it would be challenging socially as a result. I fail to see what this has to do with ego - it's not an assertion of superiority, it's just a factual statement. It's nothing to do with technology - working as a lawyer for remote clients would be the same. If anything it's the opposite I would think. Ego would be rocking up and flashing the cash.
- zorak 7y agoYour hometown street is one data point. There's a huge spectrum to choose from between that and Bay area/London. This feels like a false dichotomy.
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- balfirevic 7y agoDon't insult entire field based on your interpretation (perhaps justified, perhaps not) of few comments here.
- cheese4242 7y agoBeing in tech myself I will critique the culture of the industry as I see fit.
- golergka 7y agoRemote work is international. I know a couple of great engineers who earn $150-200k remotely while living in the area where $3600 is considered a decent salary. That's $3600 annually, as in $300 monthly.
- seansmccullough 7y ago150k in Des Moines doesn’t go as far as you’d think, the top income tax in Iowa is 8.9%.
- cheese4242 7y agoThis is a cartoon-like scenario you have cooked up. You really think random people are going to be contacting you for money because of your mid-rate tech salary? Absolutely hilarious.
- jefftk 7y agoI think this depends a lot on whether your hometown is in rural Iowa or rural India. Some people here come from very poor areas, where $300k can be 100x what others are making instead of 10x.
- NotSammyHagar 7y agoPerhaps you never lived in a poor southern town, I saw this happen. I supposed it's universal.