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Re:Underrated predictor of success: willingness to be low-st... by nsxwolf on Friday October 23, 2020 @11:27AM (#24870472)
I mean, as a lowly software engineer that just makes a decent income, I won't do it either, for the same reasons.
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Re:Underrated predictor of success: willingness to be low-st... by rektide on Friday October 23, 2020 @02:13PM (#24872227)
Sure would be nice to be able to pay for passable housing & health care while I'm trying to create. The burn rate is too damned high.

#vanlife is a nice escape fantasy, for this ultra-hostile expensive world we live in.

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