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If you think $120-180k is cheap you are speaking from a place of immense privilege.

The context here is "the price at which you sell out". You can simultaneously believe that 120k is a massive salary, and also a sad, disappointing level for a person to sell out.

Speaking from recent experience, that offer seems like a lot of money when you're eating ramen for the 4th time this week and have $30k of debt.

You're kidding right $150k puts you in the 88th percentile in the US households. A couple earning that each would make them in the top 3%. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Household_income_in_the_United...

Wow, looks like you are up in the 10% at minimum, but if tht's cheap to you, maybe closer to the 5% to 1% level.

Who are you to even be worried about selling out? When was the last time you had to substitute grocery selections because you couldn't afford some items? Or only put the gas you expected to need to use in the tank this week? Or put off a vet/doctor appointment until you could make the bill? Or like I did a long time ago, cycled around friend's couches until I could even afford rent again?

Yeesh. I'dve done all kinds of things if I got paid that much, until I could afford anything different.