It's always alarming to me to see how many people on HN don't acknowledge the bubble they're in. If you're a well-paid engineer, and nearly everyone you intera

It's always alarming to me to see how many people on HN don't acknowledge the bubble they're in. If you're a well-paid engineer, and nearly everyone you interact with is a well-paid engineer, you're going to think everyone lives like you. And I wonder how many of them grew up poor. And I mean, poor as in "half my meals as a kid were rice and beans", not "One time my dad didn't get the bonus he was expecting, so we had to fly coach rather than First Class when we to France during Christmas".