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$100k? A quick google shows me that median household income in the US is closer to $60k. And that's the median, so half of households will be lower than that.
I presume the OP's comment was in the context of the typical HN crowd, which I would imagine has a higher than average income.
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You can take 600k 30 minutes out of seattle and love your 2800sqft modern home (approx/just now starting to look for myself) Update: (Not modern but im a fan anyway. https://www.redfin.com/WA/Bothell/15601-Cascadian-Way-98012/...
600k is too low for any home in the area that isn’t in bad shape at that size (and your example shows this). Also, that 30min can become 1h+ with traffic, with almost no public transit alternatives.
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What struck me was the seemingly 1995 era laptops people were working on in the trains.
I like 1995 era laptops more than modern ones. I also like the the plastic casings of desktops back then—they feel solid, same with the mechanical keyboards! Today companies so busy trying to “slim things down.” P.S. why doesn’t apple release a matte display laptop? I would buy it.
Not commenting on this specific case here, but I believe we currently see the pendulum swinging from one extreme (WFH only at a very exclusive subset of companies) to the other extreme ("WFH first" policies) I'm convinced the true winners will be those companies that find a smart mix of both worlds. This includes recognizing that both concepts have their strengths (e.g., people are a lot more disciplined about meetin…
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It's really not out of reach unless you insist on living in a major metropolis. A young couple earning under $100k combined can afford a comfortable 3-bedroom home in all 50 states, just not in a large city. Mortgage rates are near all-time lows and the 20% "required downpayment" has been a myth since before you were born. You don't even need great credit to buy a home with a mortgage under $1500/mo all-in with taxes…
People go where the jobs are. They are going to live wherever employers "insist on" locating their offices. 20% down payment isn't a myth; if you don't put 20% down (and don't have some special situation like a VA loan) you have to pay for private mortgage insurance which can be hundreds per month, as you're buying the lender insurance against the possibility of you defaulting on your loan.
Even with PMI I am still paying less than living in the same apartment year over year.
I’d love to see companies convert ‘Unlimited vacation time at your discretion’ over to ‘Unlimited remote at your discretion’.
I think it needs to be a culture change.
Any Japanese care to chime in on how WFH is accepted culturally? When I worked for a Japanese tech company I was surprised by how old school they were. Landlines, business cards, reams of paper, week long meetings about policies, and this was a software company. WFH was forbidden unless it was an emergency.
I've been reading some Japanese discussions boards about remote and it's a mixed big. A lot of people enjoy remote and say it's their first time not having to do OT anymore because of the lack of (assumed) peer pressure. Some new managers are now discovering that they can contact their employees at any time of day now due to services like Slack. Not that they couldn't before, it's just more efficient now.
Either the general feeling is 'I've seen things now that I cannot unsee' and the expectation is things will change but no one is sure in which direction.
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What struck me was the seemingly 1995 era laptops people were working on in the trains.
I like 1995 era laptops more than modern ones. I also like the the plastic casings of desktops back then—they feel solid, same with the mechanical keyboards! Today companies so busy trying to “slim things down.” P.S. why doesn’t apple release a matte display laptop? I would buy it.
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What struck me was the seemingly 1995 era laptops people were working on in the trains.
This is what benmw333 is referring to. The Panasonic Let's. Despite how bulky it looks, it weighs about the same as the macbook air. It's basically used by anyone who isn't a manager, designer or software developer. You see them everywhere . https://biz.panasonic.com/jp-ja/products-services/letsnote/l...