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A comment on Ask HN: Those with make 200k or more what do you do?.

Re:Ask HN: Those with make 200k or more what do you do? by twobyfour on Monday May 15, 2017 @06:15AM (#14340427)
Needing $200k to not be constantly worried about money seems excessive to me. You may want to revisit your budgeting.

I haven't been worried about money day to day or month to month since my salary hit $60k. Nor have I had any difficulty saving 15% or more of my salary every year. And I live in NYC, which was until a couple years ago the most expensive housing market in the country and is still one of the highest taxed locales.

What are you spending on that you think you need $200k/yr to get by comfortably?

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Re:Ask HN: Those with make 200k or more what do you do? by madamelic on Monday May 15, 2017 @03:05PM (#14344198)
Definitely this.

I save >$1000 / paycheck and I work in NYC. If you are childless and scraping by on an engineer's salary, there is (likely) something majorly wrong.

I recommend mrmoneymustache.com (Obviously you don't have to go full Mustache)

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