Re:Why Layoffs Don't Work
by suzzer99 on Sunday March 09, 2025 @06:42PM
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Having FIRE doesn't mean you're ready to retire and build ships in a bottle or whatever. I like programming, it puts me in flow state and keeps my brain young. I want to go out on my own terms. Also good luck with FIRE if you're putting kids through college. And thirdly, for those of us at normal companies the pay has been nice, but not FAANG mid-six-figures nice.
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You don't have to "put kids through college". If you're in the US, they can borrow to go somewhere decent and affordable. Harvard has never been for you, it has always been for the children of very rich New Englanders.
You should probably update your personal data on what kind of debt they would be taking on, and how long it takes to pay it off.
https://educationdata.org/student-loan-debt-statistics
https://research.com/education/average-time-to-repay-student...
https://educationdata.org/average-cost-of-college
Even at a relatively average college, debt repayment is often measured in decades.