Tech journalism is less diverse than tech (2020)

Re:Tech journalism is less diverse than tech (2020) by hn_throwaway_99 on Saturday November 20, 2021 @03:27PM (#29291555)

In a lot of places these days it's really easy to get a $15/hr job (I mean that's like entry-level fast food work, ubering, etc.) So $650 works out to slightly more than a week's work, be super conservative with taxes/expenses/benefits and let's say 2 weeks.

So 2 weeks' work is a considerable amount of work, but it's also certainly within the realm of possibility for the vast, vast majority of people. I'd really say this just highlights how some communities value educational attainment and others do not.

Sure, it's much easier to come up with $650 if you're rich than if you're poor, but that's true of just about anything. $650 is certainly within the reach of nearly everyone, it just depends on whether your parents are willing to sacrifice for it.

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Re:Tech journalism is less diverse than tech (2020) by thrashh on Sunday November 21, 2021 @04:02AM (#29295061)

I could afford private flights on my salary, for my example, and it’s true: “it’s just more hours.”

The only thing is… I can’t find more hours in my week.

And the real bigger issue is, even through I can afford it, it may be hard to justify it because it amounts to a major opportunity cost.

For a working class family, they probably are going to find it difficult to source $650. …Especially if no one has gone to college and no one even knows the importance of that $650.

If $650 seems like nothing, all that you are saying is that your social group is limited to people who find $650 to be nothing. It’s like the Lucille Bluth banana quote in living…

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Re:Tech journalism is less diverse than tech (2020) by rayiner on Sunday November 21, 2021 @11:00PM (#29302567)

Nobody is saying it’s nothing. But virtually nobody is so poor that saving up $650 per kid one time is beyond teach.

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