The acute suicide crisis among veterinarians: 'You're always failing somebody'

Re:The acute suicide crisis among veterinarians: 'You're alw... by Firmwarrior on Wednesday October 11, 2023 @04:23PM (#37849796)

Man, this thread is a mess

There are a lot of people on this very site making 500k+ pre-tax. You're going to be taking home 300ish after taxes in that case, and it's not entirely unreasonable to "only" have 150ish for savings/investments/disposable income after your housing and living costs are taken out of that

If someone has $12k+ to spend per month and won't spend $10k to save their pet's life, they're an asshole IMO

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Re:The acute suicide crisis among veterinarians: 'You're alw... by hotpotamus on Wednesday October 11, 2023 @04:29PM (#37849859)

I agree that people complaining about the higher tax brackets are oblivious at best, but I'll add that there's no income test to post here. I feel like I do OK (especially given that I have a job that doesn't require the sale of my soul), but it's far from 500K lol.

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Re:The acute suicide crisis among veterinarians: 'You're alw... by Firmwarrior on Wednesday October 11, 2023 @06:18PM (#37851040)

You should go get that money, dude. Life's too short to waste it all working

Pick a FAANG you don't feel too bad about, hit the LeetCode hard for a few months, then go work there for 5 years. You can save up $750k+, which is enough to leave Silicon Valley and eke out a barebones retirement somewhere in the real world (~$30k/year at a 4% safe withdrawal rate)

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Re:The acute suicide crisis among veterinarians: 'You're alw... by ang_cire on Thursday October 12, 2023 @10:28PM (#37865835)

> hit the LeetCode hard for a few months, then go work there for 5 years

lmao

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