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Where does your uncle live? Does he have to pay $3000 for a 2 bedroom rent?
by aaomidi 6y ago
Where does your uncle live?
Does he have to pay $3000 for a 2 bedroom rent?
- deminature 6y ago$3000 for 1bd in NYC is pretty common, it can extend to >= $4000 for 5-10 minute walking distance to work. Tech salary can seem much less impressive servicing that kind of recurring cost.
- aaomidi 6y agoYeah definitely. I was specifically talking about the Seattle market for housing since I also live here. Comparing base compensation without taking into consideration the city the person lives in is useless.
- starpilot 6y agoSeriously, my dad made $150k as a physician... in suburban, central Virginia (not NoVA). This would be what, $400k in the Bay Area? We lived on 6 acres with a barn in a 3 story house with a pool, surrounded by forest.
- aaomidi 6y agoYep, it's crazy when doctors like this look at tech and they even complain that we're overpaid. You can make a ton of money as a doctor nearly anywhere in the United States. Software engineers don't get that freedom. Maybe now with more WFH being common place. However, now to get to the point of being a physical you need to go under a ton of debt. That wasn't the case for our parents and grandparents.