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Where does your uncle live?

Does he have to pay $3000 for a 2 bedroom rent?

$3000 for 1bd in NYC is pretty common, it can extend to >= $4000 for 5-10 minute walking distance to work. Tech salary can seem much less impressive servicing that kind of recurring cost.

Yeah definitely.

I was specifically talking about the Seattle market for housing since I also live here.

Comparing base compensation without taking into consideration the city the person lives in is useless.

Seriously, my dad made $150k as a physician... in suburban, central Virginia (not NoVA). This would be what, $400k in the Bay Area? We lived on 6 acres with a barn in a 3 story house with a pool, surrounded by forest.

Yep, it's crazy when doctors like this look at tech and they even complain that we're overpaid.

You can make a ton of money as a doctor nearly anywhere in the United States. Software engineers don't get that freedom. Maybe now with more WFH being common place.

However, now to get to the point of being a physical you need to go under a ton of debt. That wasn't the case for our parents and grandparents.

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