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Re:Anthropic IPO filing: $1.7B quarterly payroll, about $107... by wtch98 on Tuesday November 03, 2026 @08:14AM (#50351588)
$480k base. Lets assume you're the only income but still have to pay childcare (single parent)

Take home $22k a month

$10k on a swanky place like

https://www.zillow.com/apartments/san-francisco-ca/490-avenu...

or

https://www.zillow.com/homedetails/727-Moraga-St-San-Francis...

$3k on childcare https://familychildcaresf.com/child-care-san-francisco/

Leaving $9k a month

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Re:Anthropic IPO filing: $1.7B quarterly payroll, about $107... by bluefirebrand on Tuesday November 03, 2026 @08:29AM (#50351734)
$9k a month is still more than I have ever dreamed of making and that's after housing and childcare?

Insane

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Re:Anthropic IPO filing: $1.7B quarterly payroll, about $107... by jorisw on Tuesday November 03, 2026 @08:55AM (#50352009)
$9K/mo translates to a little over a hundred grand annually. That's not that much in our industry.
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Re:Anthropic IPO filing: $1.7B quarterly payroll, about $107... by BugsJustFindMe on Tuesday November 03, 2026 @09:07AM (#50352170)
That's $9k/mo free spending _after_ taxes, _after_ childcare, and _after_ exorbitantly luxurious housing.
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Re:Anthropic IPO filing: $1.7B quarterly payroll, about $107... by vlyan on Tuesday November 03, 2026 @09:06AM (#50352155)
young cosmopolitan tech workers are not particularly likely to have children.
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