Re:Ask HN: Is the Job Market Actually Bad?
by idontwantthis on Saturday May 02, 2026 @02:33PM
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I don't even know what I would do with that much money. Maybe have 4 or 5 kids.
Re:Ask HN: Is the Job Market Actually Bad?
by jebarker on Saturday May 02, 2026 @04:49PM
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Retire earlier?
Re:Ask HN: Is the Job Market Actually Bad?
by jselysianeagle on Monday May 04, 2026 @01:03PM
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Honestly in a high COL city in the US, having 4-5 kids would be doable on $300k TC but it wouldn't be easy to give them more than a middle class lifestyle at best.
Elsewhere in the US in smaller towns, I could see it being much more feasible.
Re:Ask HN: Is the Job Market Actually Bad?
by idontwantthis on Monday May 04, 2026 @03:53PM
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I am in an MCOL and raising 2 currently on about half of that.
Yeah, this is my current read on the market. If you're looking for typical $400k senior software eng role at a public tech company - you're going to be having a really hard time. Meta closed many roles and is laying off 8000. The rest of the public tech market seems to be following similar.
If you're looking at 200k/yr roles in SF that are in person and looking closer to 996 than not - plenty seem to be hiring and trying to recruit. Downside? You have to be in SF 6 days/week and it's shit pay for the region. (You will likely have to do roommates because $200k/yr is borderline for a decent apartment in SF now due to 20% yoy price hikes)
For my self, I was making over 300k, took a job (remote) at a little over 200, and now struggling to get that much and considering jobs at 170-180. I think the job market sucks, those jobs paying 300+ would normally respond to me aren't.