[tempsy]

If you wanted to buy a place then your left over is probably closer to $3400/month.

I haven't added less regular expenses like personal travel costs (maybe another $400/mo on average), misc shopping/clothing ($100), and gym membership ($80).

[usaar333]

To my sibling point above, an $80/month gym is a really damn nice gym. Even a 24 hour fitness super sport is only $52.

I agree that if you want to live on the high end, $300k might not be sufficiently high end. But it's still high by any reasonable metric.

[tempsy]

also factor in tech jobs aren't super stable (or as stable as people think they are)

layoffs happen frequently, the average tenure at any one company is only a few years, and ageism is rampant.

this is hardly a "company for life" role or industry for most.

[pb7]

Average tenure is heavily skewed by massive head count growth. When you add 20,000 employees in one year (Google, 2019) + replace the churn from the population of 100,000 people hopping companies for more compensation, it will drive your average tenure number way down. This is a commonly referenced but completely invalid argument. Very few people are pushed out at the large, stable tech companies.