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A comment on Jeff Bezos' annual shareholders letter. Parent comment

Re:Jeff Bezos' annual shareholders letter by praneshp on Wednesday April 18, 2018 @07:50PM (#16872278)
(wife works at amazon (but in palo alto) (and is 1 year out of grad school))

a. That salary is not low. If you chose to run a family of 4 on one salary of 160k, it's your choice. It's still quite good.

b. If you discount 30% of the comp because you feel like it, I wonder how many of the 20 other metro areas are going to match up.

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Re:Jeff Bezos' annual shareholders letter by scarface74 on Wednesday April 18, 2018 @08:19PM (#16872402)
Comparable houses in Seattle compared to metro Atlanta is a lot more than 30%. For reference, the area of Atlanta with both the highest average house prices and the highest household income is Forsyth County. The average house price is around $350K and the average income is around 90K.
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