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		pojzon on June 18, 2024 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Ask HN: Tell me your stories of taking lower paid ... I would do that if Idid not have real life responsibilities, mortgage, kids. I could live even on basic income, my family not.

glitchc on June 18, 2024 [–]

This. I would have been happy to stay in academia forever as a DINK person. Once there was a kid, that option evaporated.

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