First: you could probably get more than 50k per year in IT support in other areas of the country.
I work for government IT and $50K is the national average this position. On the bright, I'm two years into a five-year contract that's fully funded. Job security and consistent income is a nice trade off.
So you spend 34% of your GROSS income on RENTING a room the size of a postage stamp?
My studio apartment is quite big for my needs. I could probably live in a smaller space, maybe less than 150 square foot. Smaller spaces don't necessarily mean less rent unless I go further out from downtown.
That sounds like a really stupid way to live, if you ask me.
No, I didn't.:P
[...] a much nicer town than SJ [...]
I'm in the sweet spot for public transit. I'm an hour away from North San Jose (light rail), Mountain View (Caltrain) and Palo Alto (express bus).
I could move away to a cheaper area, but pay more in commute and time costs. Or I could make the best of my situation. Either way, I'm still saving 20% of my income.
Meh... Someone always has to nitpick. Here's the official definition: "A prime number is a natural number greater than 1 that has no positive divisors other than 1 and itself."
that's more than my mortgage for a 3000 sqf single family home.
When I first moved in 10+ years ago, the rent was $800 per month, the security deposit was $199 and I got a free microwave oven. What I pay in rent today is actually $300 below current market rate.
I suspect the thing stopping companies (like Google) from opening offices in a particular place (like Fresno) in [...]
A lot of people who work in Silicon Valley live in Fresno and commute four hours each way every day. I knew a coworker at eBay who carpooled with four other people, each person driving one day out of the week. If Google opened a satellite campus in Fresno, they will probably have 50+ employees to staff it.
Also, don't immediately discount unemployed folks. Just because they're out of work doesn't mean they're no good - especially in this day and age of people being replaced by H1-bs and offshoring.
I was out of work for two years (2009-10), underemployed for six months (working 20 hours per month), and filed for chapter seven bankruptcy in 2011. During that time I was told by hiring managers that I was overqualified for minimum wage jobs and recruiters that I was unemployable for anything else. Funny how that attitude changed all the sudden when they needed bodies to fill out the headcount as the economy turned around. I spent the next two years working seven days a week.
I'm a liar because I used the wrong word by mistake? Grow up.
Why BS about something so demonstrably false?
And educate yourself.
That said, some context: Of the 788 amendments filed, 67 came from Democrats and 721 from Republicans. (That disparity drew jeers that Republicans were trying to slow things down. Another explanation may be that they offered so many so they could later claim—as they are now, in fact, claiming—that most of their suggestions went unheeded.) Only 197 amendments were passed in the end—36 from Democrats and 161 from Republicans. And of those 161 GOP amendments, Senate Republicans classify 29 as substantive and 132 as technical.
Actually, I'm a moderate conservative. I was a Republican for 20 years. And then I got tired of being called a RINO by all the mouth breathers that Donald Trump attracted. So I changed my registration to Democrat last year. No one is giving me crap about being a RINO (or DINO). Yes, I'm voting for Hillary because she's not Trump.
[...] a single vote of support from the Republican party [...]
The Republicans refused to vote on the final bill because they knew the Democrats had enough votes to pass it. They did, however, co-sponsored or sponsored 200+ amendments that went into the final bill. In short, they got their goodies while pretending to oppose the bill.
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First: you could probably get more than 50k per year in IT support in other areas of the country.
I work for government IT and $50K is the national average this position. On the bright, I'm two years into a five-year contract that's fully funded. Job security and consistent income is a nice trade off.
So you spend 34% of your GROSS income on RENTING a room the size of a postage stamp?
My studio apartment is quite big for my needs. I could probably live in a smaller space, maybe less than 150 square foot. Smaller spaces don't necessarily mean less rent unless I go further out from downtown.
That sounds like a really stupid way to live, if you ask me.
No, I didn't. :P
[...] a much nicer town than SJ [...]
I'm in the sweet spot for public transit. I'm an hour away from North San Jose (light rail), Mountain View (Caltrain) and Palo Alto (express bus).
And California will have slid into the ocean after the Big One.
Still waiting after 30+ years.
What do you plan to do with your savings? Retire to an old folks home in the same neighborhood?
Las Vegas. Should be far enough inland to avoid the flooding of the SF Bay Area and Central Valley from rising sea levels.
Proper unit tests would have prevented this problem in the first place.
If Silicon Valley didn't have software fairies, none of the hardware could have worked.
[...] here in South Florida.
Real estate is cheap because South Florida will be under water by end of century.
What the hell are you doing there?
Born and raised here. One of the few natives still left here.
Money is not everything, but by God, do the math.
I could move away to a cheaper area, but pay more in commute and time costs. Or I could make the best of my situation. Either way, I'm still saving 20% of my income.
Meh... Someone always has to nitpick. Here's the official definition: "A prime number is a natural number greater than 1 that has no positive divisors other than 1 and itself."
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prime_number
Someone that insane shouldn't be running an office anyway.
The person who is willing to commute four hours each way? He bought a five-bedroom ranch house in Fresno. I think he telecommutes in his current job.
[...] sounds like you're getting ripped off considering the area.
Unless like most people, I was born and raised here. I'm not yet ready to let the hipsters run me out of town.
that's more than my mortgage for a 3000 sqf single family home.
When I first moved in 10+ years ago, the rent was $800 per month, the security deposit was $199 and I got a free microwave oven. What I pay in rent today is actually $300 below current market rate.
I suspect the thing stopping companies (like Google) from opening offices in a particular place (like Fresno) in [...]
A lot of people who work in Silicon Valley live in Fresno and commute four hours each way every day. I knew a coworker at eBay who carpooled with four other people, each person driving one day out of the week. If Google opened a satellite campus in Fresno, they will probably have 50+ employees to staff it.
Why would I pay $3000/month to share a ROOM with four other people [...]
I pay $1477 for a 475-sqf studio apartment in San Jose, where I lived there by myself for 10+ years and make only $50K per year in IT support.
Most of _everything_ is outside Silicon Valley.
Including San Francisco, which is 50 miles down the road.
Also, don't immediately discount unemployed folks. Just because they're out of work doesn't mean they're no good - especially in this day and age of people being replaced by H1-bs and offshoring.
I was out of work for two years (2009-10), underemployed for six months (working 20 hours per month), and filed for chapter seven bankruptcy in 2011. During that time I was told by hiring managers that I was overqualified for minimum wage jobs and recruiters that I was unemployable for anything else. Funny how that attitude changed all the sudden when they needed bodies to fill out the headcount as the economy turned around. I spent the next two years working seven days a week.
Prime day is any day with a whole number that can be divided by itself or one.
It's called MBA-speak.
Back in my day, we called it marketing. Now get that BS off of my lawn!
You will now change the subject once again as away to avoid acknowledging that.
Slashdot exist to keep me amuse while I'm at work while waiting for a script to finish. Thank you for your participation.
They didn't refuse to vote on it.
I stand corrected for using the wrong word.
Stop lying.
I'm a liar because I used the wrong word by mistake? Grow up.
Why BS about something so demonstrably false?
And educate yourself.
That said, some context: Of the 788 amendments filed, 67 came from Democrats and 721 from Republicans. (That disparity drew jeers that Republicans were trying to slow things down. Another explanation may be that they offered so many so they could later claim—as they are now, in fact, claiming—that most of their suggestions went unheeded.) Only 197 amendments were passed in the end—36 from Democrats and 161 from Republicans. And of those 161 GOP amendments, Senate Republicans classify 29 as substantive and 132 as technical.
http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/prescriptions/2009/07/this_is_what_bipartisanship_looks_like.html
Yup, classic liberal response.
Actually, I'm a moderate conservative. I was a Republican for 20 years. And then I got tired of being called a RINO by all the mouth breathers that Donald Trump attracted. So I changed my registration to Democrat last year. No one is giving me crap about being a RINO (or DINO). Yes, I'm voting for Hillary because she's not Trump.
Why are grown men afraid of talking with children?
Because grown men are viewed by society as sexual predators when children are around.
She gave 12 people access to classified information. THAT is a crime.
Not according to what the FBI, citing a lack of evidence for an indictment.
Hillary has proven that she can drive people like you nuts by simply existing. Another reason to vote for her.
Fortunately the only underage children I've come across playing it were with their mother, who was also playing.
My coworker was complaining about being neglected at home because his wife and their kids are playing the game.
[...] a single vote of support from the Republican party [...]
The Republicans refused to vote on the final bill because they knew the Democrats had enough votes to pass it. They did, however, co-sponsored or sponsored 200+ amendments that went into the final bill. In short, they got their goodies while pretending to oppose the bill.
Hillary has a proven track record in government. Trump has nothing.