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Avinash_Tyagi on 27 February 2010

^How do you know they don't have kids?



 

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A Bad Clown on 27 February 2010

Well the other 70% are happy then, democracy wins! AMMEEEEERRRICCCCCCCCA!!!!



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Mr. sickVisionz on 27 February 2010
Avinash_Tyagi said:
^How do you know they don't have kids?

I don't, which is why I never said, "every game dev is single."



Jumpin on 27 February 2010

This list seems odd. Junior Programmers in mobile gaming usually sign for 30K and are bumped up to 45K after probation. I do not live in a larger city where they would pay more.



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BW_JP on 27 February 2010

Good luck living on 30k though. That's barely enough to afford a nice apartment..



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SaviorX on 27 February 2010
Mr. sickVisionz said:

If a person with no kids can't survive off of $30k-$60k a year, they're doing something wrong.  Hell, my mom was a single mother and she never made anywhere near $40k and se still kept food on the table... and we were both obese back then so there was actually excess food on the table.  These game devs sound like a bunch of crybabies imo.  The should try bringing their lunch to work or getting a $1 McChicken/McDouble rather than starting every day with a $5 Starbucks latte and a $7 bagel, spending $10 for lunch and then capping it off with a $14 sushi dinner.

You also may just want to buy your standard $2-3 a gallon Kroger brand milk rather than going to Whole Foods and paying $15 a pint for 100% organic, non-pasturized, squeezed fresh every morning, and guaranteed to have a cow tit hair in every bottle so you know it's ultra fresh milk.

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Random Canadian on 27 February 2010
Mr. sickVisionz said:

If a person with no kids can't survive off of $30k-$60k a year, they're doing something wrong.  Hell, my mom was a single mother and she never made anywhere near $40k and se still kept food on the table... and we were both obese back then so there was actually excess food on the table.  These game devs sound like a bunch of crybabies imo.  The should try bringing their lunch to work or getting a $1 McChicken/McDouble rather than starting every day with a $5 Starbucks latte and a $7 bagel, spending $10 for lunch and then capping it off with a $14 sushi dinner.

You also may just want to buy your standard $2-3 a gallon Kroger brand milk rather than going to Whole Foods and paying $15 a pint for 100% organic, non-pasturized, squeezed fresh every morning, and guaranteed to have a cow tit hair in every bottle so you know it's ultra fresh milk.

You appear to have no fucking clue what the world is like outside your little bubble so let me paint a not so nice picture for you.

Me, 24 at the time making 80k/yr, At the low end of the income scale for the Small Town <- I live in. Now where I come from that would be the top say 15 20% ish that make that and average income would be about 50k and half the cost of living.

 

Its not about organic food or starbucks its about the cost of living where you live, period.

 

 



BW_JP on 27 February 2010

Seriously Random Canadian. These are not high school drop outs, most of these are university graduates with difficult degrees, computer science, physics, mathematics, computer engineering, electrical engineering.. The last two being professional degrees. I think this study is looking at the wrong sample.

under 50k is not enough to live a decent life these days, it just isn't.



Random Canadian on 27 February 2010

No shit, Thats my point.
You cant buy a car/truck or 2, a House,recreational vehicles, vacation,fuck all on 30k

(If you REALLY want to, pick ONE)

Oh and I am a highschool drop out and Im looking forward to a 300k a year trade, Thank you very much.



RVDondaPC on 28 February 2010
Random Canadian said:
Mr. sickVisionz said:

If a person with no kids can't survive off of $30k-$60k a year, they're doing something wrong.  Hell, my mom was a single mother and she never made anywhere near $40k and se still kept food on the table... and we were both obese back then so there was actually excess food on the table.  These game devs sound like a bunch of crybabies imo.  The should try bringing their lunch to work or getting a $1 McChicken/McDouble rather than starting every day with a $5 Starbucks latte and a $7 bagel, spending $10 for lunch and then capping it off with a $14 sushi dinner.

You also may just want to buy your standard $2-3 a gallon Kroger brand milk rather than going to Whole Foods and paying $15 a pint for 100% organic, non-pasturized, squeezed fresh every morning, and guaranteed to have a cow tit hair in every bottle so you know it's ultra fresh milk.

You appear to have no fucking clue what the world is like outside your little bubble so let me paint a not so nice picture for you.

Me, 24 at the time making 80k/yr, At the low end of the income scale for the Small Town <- I live in. Now where I come from that would be the top say 15 20% ish that make that and average income would be about 50k and half the cost of living.

 

Its not about organic food or starbucks its about the cost of living where you live, period.

 

 

They still have decisions. I live out here in LA and there are nice areas that have a higher cost of living for rent and even the restaurants and average price for goods. But There is also less expensive neighborhoods that are but a a short drive away. If they choose to live in the nicer neighborhoods then the cost of living will be a lot more. But they could easily move to a less expensive neighborhood and live comfortably there. Some people are honestly so narrow minded or just oblivious they don't even realize that and they just think that what they make is not enough but the truth is it's just not enough to maintain their same endulgant live style 100%.