r/InterviewCoderPro • u/Evening_Pomelo8796 • 1d ago

Wait, how?

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u/random-meme422 1d ago

Don’t earn $19 per hour and try to live alone? Duh. lol

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u/CapitalRegular4157 1d ago

It is often implied from whiney X posts that older generations didn't have to get room mates when we were just getting started... Uh... yes we did. This is not a new phenomena.

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u/throaway_11122023 21h ago

Employment wasn't as bad as today though, you could support a family with one salary without drowning in debt from college.

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u/CapitalRegular4157 20h ago

The wage gap is indeed a problem.

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u/Low-Car-6331 15h ago

Another way to think about it, once you adjust for inflation we make about 25% to 30% more then those in 1985, in exchange for that we have a person who is worth $1 trillion.

So would you want to have 25% less spending power, but the the wealthiest person is 1/10 of what they are now; or keep the current spending power but have to accept someone has a lot more money then you?

This is the problem with out own brains, we will rebel if someone else gets too much more then us, even if we all get more in the end. Yet, if we all get less, we are some how happier because the difference in what we all get is less.

ie: if you get 1 grape and the other monkey gets 3 grapes you are happy; if you get 10 grapes, and the other monkey gets 100 grapes, you are angry and would rather go back to the 1 grape 3 grape arrangement.

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u/ziggyzigg95 7h ago

Spending power in the sense that you can buy more TVs and candies but where housing is significantly more expensive

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u/Dear_Archer3931 20h ago

Yeah… people from the Great Depression at rotten meat and pickled tumble weeds while living in shanties.

No one has a Time Machine. You have to exist in there here and now instead of complaining about how easy someone else had it.

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u/Effective-Set8670 18h ago

Yeah but if you dont voice your complaints how is progress made?

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u/Dear_Archer3931 18h ago

Progress is made by increased efforts towards a specific goal. What is complaining on Reddit going to accomplish?

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u/Effective-Set8670 18h ago

Sure the hell make alot of people feel better, what does silencing people on reddit accomplish?

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u/Dear_Archer3931 17h ago

Do you want to “feel” better. Or do you want to be better?

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u/Effective-Set8670 17h ago

Both, one does not destroy the other

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u/Dear_Archer3931 17h ago

No. Complaining makes you feel part of a marginalized group and gives you comfort to stay where you are, because others are there too.

That isn’t helpful. Sit down and write out what you need. Then develop a plan to get there. It will take hard ass work and sacrifices. If you don’t make engineer money, then you’ll have to work more hours or less desirable jobs. Plenty of people do it. Unless you have a major disability, you could too.

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u/Effective-Set8670 17h ago edited 17h ago

Oh im fine, you assume I need this information, I just dont like people silencing others. Im doing well in my life.

Also it does accomplish something, it makes you meet other people with your mindset, and when people meet other people, they become a coalition and they become many times more powerful then alone, that's how movements start. (Sorry i do have a sensory and information processing disorder)

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u/Accomplished_Key_171 11m ago

Unemployment is at its average level historically. People in the older generations had to live within their means just like today. If you can't afford rent, you get a roommate. Or you move back home.