> Guys in tech making 300+k a year whining about how it's so hard to afford just the basics in America. Also with wives with great careers. I suppose it depend

> Guys in tech making 300+k a year whining about how it's so hard to afford just the basics in America. Also with wives with great careers. I suppose it depends where you live, whether you own your own home, and how many kids you've popped out. I paid off my house in 5 years while making maybe 65k$/year on average, and with that out of the way, my current ~120k$/year provides enough that I find it difficult to invest fast enough (ADHD brain would rather be writing lisp interpreters than picking stonks). Do I worry about money? Sure. Health insurance costs could go up, I could lose my job, my kid could take up some expensive hobbies, like wanting to go to college someday. I realize I was pretty lucky to find a decent and steady (if underpaying) programming job a year after leaving college with no debt (inexpensive state college, parents paid for most of it), to time my decision to buy a house well (thanks for the free 8k$, Obama!), and to have the financial sense to pay that shit off ASAP. So I'm sympathetic to people making the same or less than me who have more debt or who have less fortunate family to support. But it's hard for me to imagine how someone making 300k$/year would have anything to complain about! Tech bros can work remotely, now. Get tf out of San Francisco and stop buying a 15$ latte every morning.