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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.

And to put it more concretely: directors at Google are pulling close to 7 figures in total comp. It's wild.

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.

Did they pay premium for asbestos?

Yea, 10 years of his life.

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-...

$150,000 USD is around ¥1,092,00 CNY, so that might explain it. :p

I thought it went without saying, but being good enough at AI to make 7 figures isn't attainable for most people.

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-s...