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The sweet spot: Good enough at AI to make 7 figures. Not good enough to personally be a geopolitical pawn.

by mkoubaa 2y ago

smilekzs 2y ago
Apparently 7 figures is the new 6 figures...
- Terr_ 2y ago
  $150,000 USD is around ¥1,092,00 CNY, so that might explain it. :p
- linguae 2y ago
  With inflation and the terribly high cost of housing in places like the Bay Area, “seven figures is the new six figures” is an apt observation. I make six figures, yet I can’t afford to buy a home within a reasonable commute from my job, and even finding a decent rental near my job is challenging. Seven figures is indeed the new six figures.
  - et-al 2y ago
    And to put it more concretely: directors at Google are pulling close to 7 figures in total comp. It's wild.
  - __turbobrew__ 2y ago
    My colleague makes mid 6 figures in the bay area and just scrounged enough money together to buy a house from the 1950s with asbestos.
    - hypothesis 2y ago
      Did they pay premium for asbestos?
      - __turbobrew__ 2y ago
        Yea, 10 years of his life.
        hypothesis 2y ago
        Certainly a steep price to pay. I recall that some states were happy to deice roads next to schools with radioactive brine, which might come back now with EPA being dismantled. https://www.acfan.org/2020/radioactive-oil-and-gas-waste-on-ohio-roads/ https://www.acfan.org/2020/radioactive-oil-and-gas-waste-on-...
- porphyra 2y ago
  I mean "low income" is 6 figures in the silicon valley [1]. So 6 figures really isn't much anymore. [1] https://hoodline.com/2023/06/new-ca-income-limits-classify-single-person-earning-under-122k-in-the-bay-area-as-low-income/ https://hoodline.com/2023/06/new-ca-income-limits-classify-s...
- mkoubaa 2y ago
  I thought it went without saying, but being good enough at AI to make 7 figures isn't attainable for most people.
henry2023 2y ago
You can’t really buy/do anything interesting until making 8 figures. What meaning could life have if you can’t even build a small apartment complex.

The sweet spot: Good enough at AI to make 7 figures. Not good enough to personally be a geopolitical pawn.

smilekzs 2y ago

Apparently 7 figures is the new 6 figures...

Terr_ 2y ago
$150,000 USD is around ¥1,092,00 CNY, so that might explain it. :p
linguae 2y ago
With inflation and the terribly high cost of housing in places like the Bay Area, “seven figures is the new six figures” is an apt observation. I make six figures, yet I can’t afford to buy a home within a reasonable commute from my job, and even finding a decent rental near my job is challenging. Seven figures is indeed the new six figures.
- et-al 2y ago
  And to put it more concretely: directors at Google are pulling close to 7 figures in total comp. It's wild.
- __turbobrew__ 2y ago
  My colleague makes mid 6 figures in the bay area and just scrounged enough money together to buy a house from the 1950s with asbestos.
  - hypothesis 2y ago
    Did they pay premium for asbestos?
    - __turbobrew__ 2y ago
      Yea, 10 years of his life.
      - hypothesis 2y ago
        Certainly a steep price to pay. I recall that some states were happy to deice roads next to schools with radioactive brine, which might come back now with EPA being dismantled. https://www.acfan.org/2020/radioactive-oil-and-gas-waste-on-ohio-roads/ https://www.acfan.org/2020/radioactive-oil-and-gas-waste-on-...
porphyra 2y ago
I mean "low income" is 6 figures in the silicon valley [1]. So 6 figures really isn't much anymore. [1] https://hoodline.com/2023/06/new-ca-income-limits-classify-single-person-earning-under-122k-in-the-bay-area-as-low-income/ https://hoodline.com/2023/06/new-ca-income-limits-classify-s...
mkoubaa 2y ago
I thought it went without saying, but being good enough at AI to make 7 figures isn't attainable for most people.

henry2023 2y ago

You can’t really buy/do anything interesting until making 8 figures. What meaning could life have if you can’t even build a small apartment complex.