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So basically a member of the middle class in a developed country. How remarkable.
by resueman 5y ago
So basically a member of the middle class in a developed country. How remarkable.
- ad404b8a372f2b9 5y agoI don't know many middle class families who would buy 10s of thousands of dollars worth of equipment for their kid.
- resueman 5y agoWell that goalpost sure made a leap. Spread it out over six years and imagine the kid is pulling in real cash with a youtube channel showcasing his projects.
- ad404b8a372f2b9 5y agoThe 1000 dollars bill is for a single piece of equipment, a full lab is considerably more. The median household income is 70k in the U.S, in western Europe it's closer to 30k. The income distribution on youtube follows a power law. I don't think that puts it within reach of your average middle class family, even over 5 years.
- resueman 5y agoHow about the distibution of income for youtube accounts with millions of views? which is what the article says he has. He also has a patreon account linked on there.
- emteycz 5y agoMany. Middle class is a lot of people. Usually it goes into sports, though.
- bpodgursky 5y agoThere are a lot of middle class families who spend 10s of thousands of dollars on sports camps, dance lessons, ski instructors, piano tutors... if their kid was really excited by electronics instead I can see a lot of families helping with that hobby. Like yes that is a sizeable sum of money worthy of consideration but it's not at all prohibitive or unusual for a middle class family.
- quickthrower2 5y agoI would describe what you said as upper-middle class at least. Everyone seems to have different definitions though and the tech crowd is probably skewed up.
- bpodgursky 5y agoI'm sure it skews that way but I've seen middle or even lower-middle class families invest a ton of resources into sports or dance specifically. (also, a lot of working class Asian families invest heavily into music)
- primax 5y agoYou likely do and haven't realised. A decent quality upright piano is about $10000. Some kids have go karting or motorcycle racing hobbies. Some have archery, golf, etc. They all cost a lot of money over time. Hell, some kids sail! That's really not cheap.
- seoulmetro 5y agoThat's only upper-middle class though. So not much of the middle class.
- hnthrowaway0315 5y agoI think it depends on how middle class they are. If they are new immigrants who just get a pair of jobs I think even 1K is a lot of money. However over time they should be able to build up the fund for their kids. And again some families have a lot of kids with different interests, so that's also tough to allocate 10K for each of them.