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Re:From a Lorry Driver to Ruby on Rails Developer at 38 by A4ET8a8uTh0 on Sunday April 21, 2024 @08:27PM (#40110462)
Eh, I would have agreed maybe a decade ago, but the past years have seriously eroded USD buying power[1]. For example, for that 100k in 2014 to be equivalent in 2024, you would need 133k or that your adjusted for inflation dollars are 76K ( and that is BLS ).

100k is the floor, because 100k used to actually mean real money. I no longer think it is. I earn more than that and I believe we are struggling. I don't know how other people manage.

[1]https://data.bls.gov/cgi-bin/cpicalc.pl?cost1=100%2C000.00&y...

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Re:From a Lorry Driver to Ruby on Rails Developer at 38 by OJFord on Monday April 22, 2024 @09:44AM (#40114298)
> 100k is the floor, because 100k used to actually mean real money. I no longer think it is. I earn more than that and I believe we are struggling. I don't know how other people manage.

I don't think that can be anything but 'lifestyle inflation'? Even if that's one income, supporting spouse and children.

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Re:From a Lorry Driver to Ruby on Rails Developer at 38 by A4ET8a8uTh0 on Wednesday April 24, 2024 @04:32PM (#40149227)
'Lifestyle inflation' is a fascinating phrase and I may need to borrow it for future discussions. I think I strongly disagree, but I am open to convincing. Would you be willing to elaborate?
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