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It's good advice if you have the appropriate financial resources or support network, but plenty of us don't have the option to move back in with our parents for
by TimPC 2y ago
It's good advice if you have the appropriate financial resources or support network, but plenty of us don't have the option to move back in with our parents for six months and need to adult on hard-mode.
- cjk2 2y agoYeah I learned that security was pretty important after that and security means not buying nice shiny things until you have no money and having a decent buffer zone.
- weakfish 2y agoThat may be, but it sounds like the GP was just sharing a story.
- silverquiet 2y agoSometimes you don't leave by choice and staying ahead of the layoff treadmill takes its own toll on mental health. Probably doesn't hurt to patch things up with the parents if possible.
- 01HNNWZ0MV43FF 2y agoI figured most of us in software would have at least a few months of buffer. Of course I don't have kids so
- jajko 2y agoThat's the gist, with kids (and potential mortgage) the buffer is so huge, even if its there it creates its own pressures. Nobody normal likes to burn through tens of thousands if not more, so they often stave it off, for better or worse (and worse it usually is)
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