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>We (the HN audience) have disposable income Ah the fallacy of thinking a collection of individuals as being a homogeneity.
by justinator 22d ago
>We (the HN audience) have disposable income
Ah the fallacy of thinking a collection of individuals as being a homogeneity.
- shepherdjerred 22d agoThe typical HN user likely has more disposable income than most people
- justinator 22d agoDoesn't ycombinator run a business where they let people borrow money with a high degree of likelihood that the venture will be a complete failure? If I was the receiver of such a loan, am I just going to give myself a huge salary, or what it is that you do, here?
- groundzeros2015 22d agoWork in a white collar job instead of for example part time retail. That will put you well above average earnings.
- nik282000 22d agoBlue collar maintenance worker here. I will have a yearly average income much higher than most of my peers because I'll likely die before I can retire and spend it ;)
- let_rec 20d agoNo, VC investment is rarely a loan. It's typically a purchase of stock.
- dgellow 22d agoSee the sibling response, not sure how you missed it before commenting. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49633340 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49633340
- justinator 22d agoI cannot with good faith tell you the financials of every HN user to any degree of accuracy to defend a statement like you're defending. What you have is a "guess". Maybe one data point is that this forum is open to all, without any gatekeeping based on salary?
- dgellow 22d agoIt’s of course a guess, I don’t know how else you would read such a large generalization. Most of the HN audience is based in the US, most people here work in software. It’s not a crazy stretch
- justinator 22d ago[flagged]
- dgellow 22d agoI intended to generalize, which is what I’ve done. There is nothing wrong with that. You can skip the patronizing tone
- segsgsg 22d ago[dead]