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Re:Changes at Riot Games and the road ahead by ocdtrekkie on Tuesday January 23, 2024 @12:20AM (#39099915)
1. I'm not a software engineer, and don't live in or near the valley.

2. I'm married and I have two kids. It's amazing how fast multiple years of saving disappear when you have daycare.

Just to give you an idea of what childcare looks like: It's a very reasonable question whether we should pay for childcare, or hire a full-time staff member for the household to watch the kids: The price is about the same.

Re:Changes at Riot Games and the road ahead by goalonetwo on Tuesday January 23, 2024 @01:23AM (#39100203)
Yeah I get it. It's not easy. As a rule of thumb we are still aiming to live with 70% of our household income even with a kid so to mitigate for one of us being laid-off unexpectedly.

I guess it is a trade-off. We could live slightly better in a bigger house but I don't want to stress and be in a tough spot if one of us lose their job. That mental sanity is worth 30% of our income to me.