This makes me sick and want to move my kids out of SF.
Not because it’s too expensive. But because tech striver culture is so warped, I worry it’s unhealthy for them to be around.
By any objective measure this is not “broke,” not even in SF (ELEVEN MILLION PRE TAX!!!! 3M house! Chunky nest egg! An email job that lets you pay for private school AND a f/t nanny!) This is not a “996 and camping” lifestyle. This is a “we’re taking the kids to Japan for 2 weeks with the au pair” lifestyle.
It’s not the expense that keeps people trapped, it’s the mindset.
There will always be someone with more. The only way you can be truly poor is being unable to see your blessings for what they are and let someone else decide what is and isn’t “enough.”
@asotira Serious question. Are you still measuring your own productivity or are you now thinking about the productivity of your lobster as it’s own entity that you have expectations of? My mental model shifted a couple of weeks ago.