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Re:Rejecting a candidate for over-qualification results in a... by twobyfour on Thursday October 12, 2017 @10:15PM (#15462839)
There's a difference between taking into account your own known context and assuming someone else's hypothetical context.
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Re:Rejecting a candidate for over-qualification results in a... by mooreds on Friday October 13, 2017 @08:36AM (#15465032)
Definitely. I spoke from my experience and that quite obviously wasn't common. Here are some actual statistics (which I should have researched before I posted: https://www.bls.gov/opub/btn/volume-4/mobile/consumer-expend...

The first chart does show expenses increasing by age group but income appears to keep pace.

What's that saying about never assume? :)

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