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Ask HN: Changing jobs, what should I remember to do from day one

Posted by hellowway4567 on Wednesday January 30, 2019 @10:47PM
from the ask-hn dept.

I've been working at my current job for over 4 years, it is/was a startup that just went bust. I am leaving for a similar company, although an established and big one.At my current job I did one thing that I think was nice.- I saved all screenshots I ever took (instead of dragging to Trash I simply dragged to "Work Trash"). It makes it fairly easy-ish to stroll down memory lane to see what was...

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Re:Ask HN: 30+ year olds - how much have you saved so far? on Tuesday January 29, 2019 @10:28PM (#19032370)

As in my other comment, I mis-read the contract details. They will contribute only 2% and I am able to myself contribute 2-15% (isn't this the same as just saving myself?).

Also the country is Thailand, so there might be differences.

Re:Ask HN: 30+ year olds - how much have you saved so far? on Tuesday January 29, 2019 @10:26PM (#19032366)

Thanks, will check it out~

Re:Ask HN: 30+ year olds - how much have you saved so far? on Tuesday January 29, 2019 @10:25PM (#19032360)

Unfortunately I do not live in US, so it's not exactly a 401k (barely know what it is). And upon reading the contract again I see now that they contribute only 2%.

As my salary would be 135k THB (4293 USD) per month (51k/year berfore taxes) that would be only 1000 USD per year, barely anything.

I probably save more than 19k USD per year by myself though, although I'm without children/house/etc right now so that might change.

Re:Ask HN: 30+ year olds - how much have you saved so far? on Tuesday January 29, 2019 @02:39AM (#19024533)

I'm 29 but I'll soon hit 30. I have roughly $85k.

I save all my money in normal savings account, no investing or anything related to 'value increasing'. I don't have a separate retirement account either. I feel like I am not managing my money well enough, but I also don't feel like I have a "plan" for when I'm older. My next job have a clause where they will match retirement savings up to X percentage, that's a good step I guess? Kinda lost on the whole thing.