If she lives in the U.S. it can be difficult to find an employer who's willing to cover the cost of living in exchange for labor. Sounds like she's stuck in a positive feedback loop of medical expenses, and that makes it hard to be picky about jobs.
> Sounds like she's stuck in a positive feedback loop of medical expenses, and that makes it hard to be picky about jobs.
Just imagine the US would have some kind of system where your medical condition does not force you to stick with the job that makes you ill. Wonder if anyone has tested that before and it works. /sarcasm
In all honesty: I don't understand why the US is not having a public health care system like Europe which stops stuff like this.
For example: Why are all those great engineers working for FAANG or other big tech companies although we know that they have some of the lowest morale standards when you see what they are building?
It's not because there is some higher purpose in their work, but because it pays well. The people need this money to keep going on with their lives.
There's a strange dependence going on: If you want to live in the bay area, you'll likely have to work for one of those companies with questionable ethics, because otherwise you can't pay your rent, have no medical insurance or what not.
And I think this is not only limited to tech in the bay area but probably a problem all over the US because some basic social security systems are just not present.
If I'm getting sick tomorrow, I will get my full loan for the next 6 weeks (paid by my employer), after that I'll get somewhat around 70% of it for as long as I'm well again (paid by public health insurance). And it won't cost me anything more or less whether it's a cold or I lost half of my body parts and need to be stitched back together again.
Why does something like this not work in the US universally for everybody?
What's deeply "wrong" with the people in the US that something like "Obama Care" (I think that's what it was called in the media) is hated so much?
What??? Maybe in Silicon Valley, but everywhere else in the US if you’re a programmer you’re in the top 25% incomes locally, probably higher. In Austin, a good front end dev and you’re living in pretty much any neighborhood you want.
That's a rather bleak outlook on life. And nonsense. If you get a nice job in Austin for $120k, you can buy a house in a nice neighborhood, let your wife stay at home with the 3 kids, own 2 cars, take vacations. And it's been that way for the last 20 years I've been here.
> Austin for $120k, you can buy a house in a nice neighborhood, let your wife stay at home with the 3 kids, own 2 cars
I'm not that familiar with Austin, but a quick look at real estate listings show that four bedroom homes with two car garages are not commonly available for less than $400,000, unless you perhaps want to spend most of your non-working hours commuting.
