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Either way, we moved to a condo in Florida that is state tax free, we downsized to one car and now …

… Either way, we moved to a condo in Florida that is state tax free, we downsized to one car and now if I had to, I could pay all of our bills including our spending money with just my income and all I would need to make is $140K. Making around $200k, I max out my retirement + catch up contributions + HSA and we have been on a plane to do something (mostly vacations, occasionally visiting friends) over a dozen times a year since mid 2022 and that trend is continuing for the foreseeable future For those who don’t know, a new grad going into any of the BigTech companies can make around $165K straight out of college and should be making way more than me in three years. I’m not bragging. I have no other income besides my job. I have no worries about “AI”, I moved into consulting working full time for consulting companies in 2020 (well then the consulting department at AWS). I just have to be able to sell and/or guide implementations of whatever the shovel du jour is. Right now I’m leading a Kubernetes + AI implementation.

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CharlieDigitalHN

I'm fortunate enough to be in one of the top percentiles of household income but I'm not independently wealthy and I have no idea how my kids are going to make it. Like Atwood, I did not come from a well-off family; parents divorced in my early teens and father passed away in my late teens from cancer (smoking and alcoholism) and in many ways lucked into a very good career after attending a state university. My spouse's father -- a janitor in a public school -- and mother -- a crossing guard -- passed when she was in her 20's as well. There weren't any large fortunes passed down. Some friends recently purchased a house in my township and I visited to drop off my kid for a play date. I walked in and thought to myself "wow, this is a $1m house" ... except it looked just like mine...that I had purchased 9 years earlier for a fraction of the price. It boggles the mind to consider when/how my…

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ebiesterHN

Yes, but how is that 15 year old going to do the same? What about the ones who don't end up winning the career lottery? We need this to be possible for two people making 40k a year, not 140.

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belterHN

> For those who don’t know, a new grad going into any of the BigTech companies can make around $165K straight out of college and should be making way more than me in three years. What bubble do you live in? "US Tech Layoffs Continue In 2025 With Big Tech Scaling Worker Counts And Fintech, E-Commerce Sectors Reporting Total Shutdowns" - https://news.crunchbase.com/startups/tech-layoffs/ "Computer science grads say the job market is rough. Some are opting for a ‘panic’ master’s degree instead." - https://www.businessinsider.nl/computer-science-grads-say-th... https://www.reddit.com/r/csMajors/comments/1fylku5/are_most_... https://www.forbes.com/sites/jackkelly/2024/02/15/why-is-it-...

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mixmastamykHN

Yes, why don’t you “just” get a job at BigTech? The chances of that are approximately 0%, despite being a much better than average developer/IT person.

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llamaimperativeHN

“People who get to work in the highly coveted, rather small, highest revenue-per-employee sector in human history should be just fine!” Uhh yeah…

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ArlenBalesHN

> For those who don’t know, a new grad going into any of the BigTech companies can make around $165K straight out of college Maybe, if new grad is defined as: - A remarkable programmer on their own time. i.e. Impressive Github profile, side projects, leetcode expert, etc. Just going through Comp Sci isn't going to get you hired at BigTech today. - Someone with a fantastic network. Better hope you've got friends in high places or family with connections.

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connectsnkHN

I am in a similar boat. Many of us in similar boats would be very thankful if you can expand on what are the names of these consulting companies and how can we breakthrough?

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