Lee Duna@lemmy.nz to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agoThe salaries of Wikimedia executives are sparking an online debate about tech sector wageswww.businessinsider.comexternal-linkmessage-square103fedilinkarrow-up1402arrow-down158
arrow-up1344arrow-down1external-linkThe salaries of Wikimedia executives are sparking an online debate about tech sector wageswww.businessinsider.comLee Duna@lemmy.nz to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square103fedilink
minus-squareBearOfaTime@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up17arrow-down5·1 year ago$100k Havs you done any math on this for where you live? How about Dallas? Atlanta? Philly? Baltimore? OK, let’s pull the big ones: DC? Anecdote: was once offered a job inside the beltway for a little over $100k. Fuck no. $100k in DC is nothing. How about San José? LA? San Fran? NY? Again, more places where $100k ain’t much. Single metrics don’t tell us much.
minus-squarepenquin@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12arrow-down1·1 year agoI agree with you 100% $100k in some states like NY or California don’t mean shit, but where I live, I’d live a very comfortable life if I made $100k.
$100k
Havs you done any math on this for where you live?
How about Dallas? Atlanta? Philly? Baltimore?
OK, let’s pull the big ones: DC? Anecdote: was once offered a job inside the beltway for a little over $100k. Fuck no. $100k in DC is nothing.
How about San José? LA? San Fran? NY? Again, more places where $100k ain’t much.
Single metrics don’t tell us much.
I agree with you 100% $100k in some states like NY or California don’t mean shit, but where I live, I’d live a very comfortable life if I made $100k.