News for hackers. Stuff that matters.
Re:How to Keep Your Company Alive – Observe, Orient, Decide ... by pjc50 on Friday April 03, 2020 @10:48AM (#22769711)
> When you have people getting £130k for doing React at a fintech company...

How much is that as a fraction of the value of an average family home in your location?

If there's a big fall in salaries, there's also going to be a big fall in property values.

Re:How to Keep Your Company Alive – Observe, Orient, Decide ... by Ididntdothis on Friday April 03, 2020 @11:01AM (#22769864)
“If there's a big fall in salaries, there's also going to be a big fall in property values.“

I don’t think so. Rents will go up and housing ownership will be concentrated even more on wealthy people and big companies.

Re:How to Keep Your Company Alive – Observe, Orient, Decide ... by pjc50 on Friday April 03, 2020 @11:12AM (#22770018)
The destruction of AirBnB may push rents down. Hard to see how rent can go up beyond what people can actually afford?
Re:How to Keep Your Company Alive – Observe, Orient, Decide ... by Ididntdothis on Friday April 03, 2020 @11:59AM (#22770577)
Rent, health care, education and housing cost can go up to a level that it eats up most income for average people. That seems to be the trend.
Re:How to Keep Your Company Alive – Observe, Orient, Decide ... by sonicthehedgfnd on Friday April 03, 2020 @08:44PM (#22775268)
I don't know about the national level, but within major cities where tech salaries and Airbnb are both prominent, I'm curious to see what happens to the local real estate markets. I know many people in Austin and SF who can afford their home because they A. have a large salary working in tech and B. offset their mortgage by Airbnbing.