re: $260k Base Salary, $3.00 in checking account.

She gets a 52,000 bonus, says she puts half into 401k and her company matches 50%? That would be well over the annual contribution limits no?

This is absolute bullshite. No one gets paid that much to work like that. It's not 2021. They've cut most shite like that out.

Amazon and Google might pay you with that much equity and base but you're working 80 hours a week.

The description is some BS start up and no way they're paying that kind of base salary for a 30 year old, even in SF.

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I think there's a 40% chance I'll return the bag after I see it in person. $250.40

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My alarm rings. I groggily sign into Bank of America because I'm expecting to get paid today. I'm feeling anxious about having only $3 in my checking account. I did get paid today, and my balance is now a reasonable amount.

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This can't be real.

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My work has gotten to a point where I'm writing more docs and dealing with people more than solving interesting technical problems. I find talking to people exhausting and much prefer to just sit down and write code. I'm also scared that my peers at other companies are outpacing me technically. I want to quit, but I feel uncertain about leaving without having another job lined up in this economy

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Holy shot is she for real? She wants to be in tech but doesn’t want to do functional or technical specs? And she’s mad because people who want to torpedo her bad design can just do so via Google sheet comment?

Welcome to big tech.

She only has a job because there is insufficient structure in that company to hold shitty employees accountable…but she wants to leave because there is too much structure. THAT is the Silicon Valley work ethic I know and hate. People like her go from start up to start up and never actually do anything their entire career. Once the company matures enough for a corporate structure to emerge, it becomes uncool and people leave.

And she spends money like a 12 year old would if you just handed them their mom’s credit card. FFS save some cash while you have income. Pack things away before they figure out you are not contributing to the company. Once they lay you off in this economy, you won’t easily get another job with that salary. I sure as hell wouldn’t hire her.

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I will say I've worked with some clients over the years that have pretax earnings of 300K plus, and live paycheck to paycheck with basicall nothing saved.

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What do they spend it all on? Are they like compulsive shoppers or gamblers or something?