Why do there seem to be so many comparison threads of achieving XX salary/net worth by age Y?, especially amongst younger people? Is this the fallout of social media and do you think it’s a generation-wide thing, or just contained to folks in “preftigious” circles?

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Yes, it’s partly the fallout from social media, where people carefully curate their “personae” to appear much more fabulous than they really are. Because people are pathetically insecure and the only way to make themselves feel better is to “win” a comparison of lifestyles (aka income).

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The phrase “Keeping up with the Jones” originated in 1913.

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Honestly, for me, I want to know what others are making at different age levels and levels of experience because there is a general lack of transparency into what people make at my company and in general and an anonymous space gives some people the room to open up about that kinda thing

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I have $69M in the bank at age 42.0 - how do I stack up vs my peers?

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The same reason why you see so many posts about compensation eval/comparison. It's human nature to benchmark against something. You always have to option to scroll by.

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Some are just satire (or would better treated like so).

Pretty sure this is the fomo but at a life level that has been inspired by social media

It’s basically the insufferable cycle of young overachievers that make up this form of social media. They go after the $ discussions to make themselves feel good/bad. It’s like nerds geeking out on how hard their classes are

It’s also a symptom of the consulting culture right? It did feel like my older peers (30+) didn’t really care as much though

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