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Some of the advice thrown around in this thread is so out of touch. "Just get a high paying job". "I never worry about healthcare because of my employ
by CharlieDigital 2y ago
Some of the advice thrown around in this thread is so out of touch.
"Just get a high paying job".
"I never worry about healthcare because of my employer".
"Just put $7,000 away into a retirement account and $10,000 into a 529 every year. What's the problem?"
And even if I'm in a position to do that, the problem is that there are millions of fellow Americans (the majority) that don't have these "luxuries".
- ApolloFortyNine 2y agoYour on hackernews, maybe you confused this place with Reddit? This site's guidelines include "On-Topic: Anything that good hackers would find interesting. " Generally speaking, that points to software devs, which points to a high paying job. So when op said they don't know how their kids will save money, most commenters are replying with the assumption they're talking to a software dev. Also please by all means toss out your own solutions.
- CharlieDigital 2y agoI like a quote from Stephen Dubner when he closes his episodes of Freakonomics podcast: > "Take care of yourself, and if you can, someone else, too." I'm on HN. I work at a Series-C YC startup. I previously worked at another VC-back SV startup. I've even tried numerous startups of my own. But I'm also a part of a broader community of Americans and I want all Americans (and all people, if possible) to do well. It's really simple; I'm human first.
- ra0x3 2y ago> It's really simple; I'm human first. Thanks for that. It seems as if over the past 5 years or so, the tech industry in particular has completely lost the thread on this.