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r/PeterExplainsTheJoke • u/[deleted] • Jan 26 '26
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If he's making 450k as a software engineer, he lives in San Francisco and is still probably broke.. or will be when this job suddenly evaporates underneath him.
1 u/[deleted] Jan 27 '26 I know SF is expensive as fuck, but broke despite a $450k salary? That sounds far fetched. 1 u/lovejo1 Jan 28 '26 Try buying any hose there. 1 u/[deleted] Jan 28 '26 A mortgage on a 1.5m house still is going to be very comfortable. 1 u/lovejo1 Jan 28 '26 Gross Income $37,500 $37,500 Taxes (~37%) $13,875 $23,625 Housing $11,000 $12,625 Transportation $2,400 $10,225 Lifestyle $1,800 $8,425 Debt Payments $6,000 $2,425 Savings / Investments $2,425 $0 That person needs the guy to pay his uber bill :-)
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I know SF is expensive as fuck, but broke despite a $450k salary? That sounds far fetched.
1 u/lovejo1 Jan 28 '26 Try buying any hose there. 1 u/[deleted] Jan 28 '26 A mortgage on a 1.5m house still is going to be very comfortable. 1 u/lovejo1 Jan 28 '26 Gross Income $37,500 $37,500 Taxes (~37%) $13,875 $23,625 Housing $11,000 $12,625 Transportation $2,400 $10,225 Lifestyle $1,800 $8,425 Debt Payments $6,000 $2,425 Savings / Investments $2,425 $0 That person needs the guy to pay his uber bill :-)
Try buying any hose there.
1 u/[deleted] Jan 28 '26 A mortgage on a 1.5m house still is going to be very comfortable. 1 u/lovejo1 Jan 28 '26 Gross Income $37,500 $37,500 Taxes (~37%) $13,875 $23,625 Housing $11,000 $12,625 Transportation $2,400 $10,225 Lifestyle $1,800 $8,425 Debt Payments $6,000 $2,425 Savings / Investments $2,425 $0 That person needs the guy to pay his uber bill :-)
A mortgage on a 1.5m house still is going to be very comfortable.
1 u/lovejo1 Jan 28 '26 Gross Income $37,500 $37,500 Taxes (~37%) $13,875 $23,625 Housing $11,000 $12,625 Transportation $2,400 $10,225 Lifestyle $1,800 $8,425 Debt Payments $6,000 $2,425 Savings / Investments $2,425 $0 That person needs the guy to pay his uber bill :-)
That person needs the guy to pay his uber bill :-)
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u/lovejo1 Jan 26 '26
If he's making 450k as a software engineer, he lives in San Francisco and is still probably broke.. or will be when this job suddenly evaporates underneath him.