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Re:Data and graphs showing millenials' bad economic odds by ghiculescu on Sunday June 07, 2020 @12:57PM (#23448693)
If you were fortunate enough to get multiple jobs in Silicon Valley - even if they didn’t go as well as they could have - it’s hard to honestly claim the cards are stacked against you. Most people drew a much weaker hand.
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Re:Data and graphs showing millenials' bad economic odds by war1025 on Sunday June 07, 2020 @01:05PM (#23448763)
People have a hard time remembering that if you are in the 51st percentile you're "doing better than most".

I feel like we tend to think more in terms of school grading where even an 80% is "not very good".

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Re:Data and graphs showing millenials' bad economic odds by 4636760295 on Sunday June 07, 2020 @01:05PM (#23448764)
That's fair, I am well aware of my luck in this case. I guess I just wish that someone had explained to me the real value of SV lottery tickets when I was younger.

FWIW I grew up poor, and am certainly not wealthy now (I'm still a wage slave), but at least I can afford to buy food and new clothes. Growing up I had to rely on charity.

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Re:Data and graphs showing millenials' bad economic odds by ghiculescu on Sunday June 07, 2020 @01:10PM (#23448794)
Congratulations (seriously) on making it, then. I only called your comment out because I think many people in the HB bubble have very inflated standards about a “good” life.
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