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> It's about the employee, and what their life allows them to work for. So rather than compete in the job market based on your skill set and what value they br

> It's about the employee, and what their life allows them to work for. So rather than compete in the job market based on your skill set and what value they bring to a company, you should instead focus on not starting a family and living as cheaply as possible in order to make yourself attractive to companies. I'm sure employers would love for you to center your life around making yourself as cheap to hire as possible, but from the point of view of the employee it sounds extremely unhealthy.

adkadskhj 6y ago
> So rather than compete in the job market based on your skill set and what value they bring to a company, you should instead focus on not starting a family and living as cheaply as possible in order to make yourself attractive to companies. I'm sure employers would love for you to center your life around making yourself as cheap to hire as possible, but from the point of view of the employee it sounds extremely unhealthy. Maybe. I got into this market because i was able to apply at a much cheaper position, beating out other more skilled employees. I levered my lower pay to offset my lack of history in the market. Were there more skilled people applying? Definitely. Did they apply at a higher rate? Definitely. Sure if you wanted to go to extremes you should live as cheaply as possible. But you could say that about anything. Instead, live how you want to live and expect to deal with that cost of living. You said it yourself, "skill set and what value they bring". What value you bring to a company is relative to what they pay you. If you cost $500k/y but your skillset is that of a junior engineer, do you honestly think your value is the same of a similar junior engineer working for $100k/y? Unlikely. If you want to live in a city you are simply required to make more money than someone living in a rural environment. If i have a huge mortgage i can't work at walmart. I need to make more. These are all relative values based on COL, how much you spend, etc. This shouldn't be a controversial statement, in my view. Mind you i'm very liberal. I believe in worker rights. But forcing everyone to be paid for insanely high COL SF rates seems bonkers. Absolute bonkers.

adkadskhj 6y ago

> So rather than compete in the job market based on your skill set and what value they bring to a company, you should instead focus on not starting a family and living as cheaply as possible in order to make yourself attractive to companies. I'm sure employers would love for you to center your life around making yourself as cheap to hire as possible, but from the point of view of the employee it sounds extremely unhealthy. Maybe. I got into this market because i was able to apply at a much cheaper position, beating out other more skilled employees. I levered my lower pay to offset my lack of history in the market. Were there more skilled people applying? Definitely. Did they apply at a higher rate? Definitely. Sure if you wanted to go to extremes you should live as cheaply as possible. But you could say that about anything. Instead, live how you want to live and expect to deal with that cost of living. You said it yourself, "skill set and what value they bring". What value you bring to a company is relative to what they pay you. If you cost $500k/y but your skillset is that of a junior engineer, do you honestly think your value is the same of a similar junior engineer working for $100k/y? Unlikely. If you want to live in a city you are simply required to make more money than someone living in a rural environment. If i have a huge mortgage i can't work at walmart. I need to make more. These are all relative values based on COL, how much you spend, etc. This shouldn't be a controversial statement, in my view. Mind you i'm very liberal. I believe in worker rights. But forcing everyone to be paid for insanely high COL SF rates seems bonkers. Absolute bonkers.