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Comment by abnercoimbre | Hacker News Reader

I do not wish ill-fortune on my programmer colleagues, but I went indie to run conferences, making very little in comparison [0]:

- I've regained perspective on the value of hard-earned money and the plight of the working man AKA majority of America.

- I have no sympathy for complaints that you can't find FAANG salaries anymore. Zero.

[0] I live in Seattle in a studio apartment, so I'm all right.

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God forbid you wish to start a family in Seattle without your partner making bank

What makes you so special?

This is merely an entitled rant made by a surplus elite that has finally realized they're not very elite if conditions aren't absolutely perfectly in their favor. The real elite look inward and improve themselves. Only the pathetic, mediocre, and unimpressive point their fingers outward.

99% of the US population has it 10x harder and still manages to raise good kids. I can see why most people have nothing but contempt for tech workers.

Have you seen the family formation rates recently? Way more people are deciding against kids now, with costs and salary not keeping up being usually the major factor… and this is across the board, not just tech

Over the last several decades society has removed every incentive for a young, educated, financially stable man to start a family. There's tremendous downside risk, and very little upside. Then there are those that want to start a family, but can't because of finances. I don't have any solutions.

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