As a poor person who take public transportation and have to buy groceries economically, it does seem to me that judging by the looks of your beautiful apartment and groceries, it does seem like you're living an extravagant lifestyle, relatively. Which is why I think you're struggling more with the inflation. Everybody is. But your relatively more expensive lifestyle contributes to why it's harder to cope with the already insane inflation. I think software engineers having high pay for years now compared to the rests of us, are just used to more extravagant lifestyles. This honestly doesn't look like a paycheck to paycheck scenario. Just bad and inefficient spending habits.

@lithium25693

2 ай бұрын

Living in an apartment isn't an extravagent lifestyle

@marcuscarana9240

2 ай бұрын

@@lithium25693 It is when your apartment rent cost thousnds of dollars a month.

@marcuscarana9240

2 ай бұрын

@@lithium25693 If it cost thousands of dollars a month then it is.

@martinlutherkingjr.5582

2 ай бұрын

@@lithium25693It depends on the apartment, some apartments cost $100m+

@jonasbaine3538

2 ай бұрын

Living in a low income area while earning high income can be dangerous. Your neighbors will eventually realize you have options they don’t have. Someone would have to make a choice to make sure all aspects of their appearance and possessions match the low income area.

That's why return-to-office is so awful. I live over 100 miles from a major city and rent my apartment. My wife and I live on about $3K per month. The median sale price of a home in Lawton, Oklahoma is $165K. A small house is even cheaper.

@PoojaDutt

2 ай бұрын

Yeah I really wish companies would give people the choice of working remotely :(

@monterreymxisfun3627

2 ай бұрын

@@PoojaDutt I'm a Data Engineer that delivers pizza for a living. Delivering pizza in a small town is better than return to office in a big city. I can afford to live here delivering pizza near a military base.

@lightinczproductions2195

2 ай бұрын

@@PoojaDutt Hi I have figured out way people, won't even need companies for money anymore already possible. So they could all just quit from them accessing high RIO return rates!

@lightinczproductions2195

2 ай бұрын

@@PoojaDutt And retiring early is their best beat, if companies aren't going to let them work how they want.

@lightinczproductions2195

Ай бұрын

@@PoojaDutt People just need to stop depending on companies, serving them for stuff to change I would say! That requires one to change their mindset though totally. And this is the only way companies will offer better stuff to people.

The major problem is housing. People often say it’s a bubble, but it only seems to get bigger as time passes.

@scottwarner9856

2 ай бұрын

Just like it did last time before the market collapsed.

@temetnosce7482

2 ай бұрын

the smartest guys in the room decided to print their way out of recessions and avoid bubble popping - do NOT question them!

@mba2ceo

11 күн бұрын

EF keep buying all the houses

people in canada think that renting a basement and living paycheck to paycheck is middle class life style lol . Canada been a third world shit hole for quiet sometime and canadians just refuse to admit the sad reality . most canadians cant afford buying a house , im not over exagerating , you must be rich to be able to own a house in canada , meaning that there is no middle class anymore , there is a tiny percent of rich families that run the country and the rest are in survival mode , the poor are homeless . this is how society is in third world countries where the middle class is non existant .

@PoojaDutt

2 ай бұрын

The middle class is definitely disappearing 🥲

@lightinczproductions2195

2 ай бұрын

@@PoojaDuttWe stop it together now that I have ground breaking, ideas in how to stop it but it wasn't easy for me to figure out PoojaDutt. Since I had figured out how a lot people in 2024 can make 100,000 dollars per and more!

@lightinczproductions2195

2 ай бұрын

@@PoojaDutt Since outdated system PopojaDutt how money out to be, made needs to crash for the harm its doing to people!

@pratiksrivastav

22 күн бұрын

I guess it's better in developing countries now

And to top it all off, nobody can find a job.

@PoojaDutt

2 ай бұрын

The market is definitely very tough right now, agreed

@lightinczproductions2195

2 ай бұрын

@@PoojaDutt But I have thought smart solutions I would, say with help for how to finally bypass these bad market issues although it wouldn't be easy for many people.

@Sp1n1985

2 ай бұрын

But Biden advisor said the jobs report shows there's way more jobs

@b3owu1f

Ай бұрын

I'd like to know how if nobody is finding jobs.. how are they surviving. Years ago most people I knew in the lower middle class to upper poor (e.g. minimum wage or so) could barely get by, living check to check. How are all these people surviving? They could barely pay bills 10 to 20 years ago, how do they somehow have months and months of money to live on and not getting evicted, etc? Did they all move in with 10 other people in to 1 bd places? Like.. I have not found anyone that is "struggling" to the point of living on the street or out of car.. but how? I cahsed out stock to save my house and am almost out of money and still cant find a job. Unemployment is done in 2 months. My only choice is to sell the house. But get this.. where do I go? I can NOT get approved on a rental.. no income even with 100K in the bank (after selling house) will NOT allow me to rent. So where do I go? I have no friends/family to live with. I certainly dont want to stay in hotels at those costs.. I'll be out of money in 2 months. I am baffled how hard it is to rent even if you have money but no job. That's made things infinitely harder.

@lightinczproductions2195

Ай бұрын

@@b3owu1f In these times it's very important people for, just stop being hob minded altogether. For what has leaded a lot of these issues. If people want to be able to afford stuff! :D

Bruh if you're spending 400$ a week on groceries anywhere in the USA and don't have like a family of 5 that you are supporting alone, you're just doing something wrong.... If you can't afford that don't buy it, you can definitely survive fine with 200$ a week on groceries EASILY and comfortably anywhere in the USA.

@PoojaDutt

2 ай бұрын

That amount is for 2 people + mostly raw/organic foods. So we spend a lot of money on high quality produce , which ends up being almost double the amount of non-organic foods $200 a week is reasonable, but you’d also have to sacrifice on other things

@mattropolis7857

2 ай бұрын

@@PoojaDuttSo, you’re complaining about the cost of LUXURY foods and eating styles. I am a software engineer too, and my grocery bill is about $225 per month and I get very good quality food. You can’t come in here complaining about food prices if you’re voluntarily paying maximum cost at Whole Foods.

@PoojaDutt

2 ай бұрын

@@mattropolis7857 we buy foods that are “real”. Most food in the US have a ton of additives and preservatives. If you read up online about what the FDA approves here, you wouldn’t be calling it luxury 😉 I never shop at Whole Foods lol.

@mattropolis7857

2 ай бұрын

@@PoojaDutt "Real" foods eh? I suggest you go read about how anti-GMO Ronnie Cummins died. Or J. I. Rodale died - the father of organic farming and healthy eating. He died at the same age as his own hard-living father while doing a TV show. A show where he claimed he'd live to 100 with how healthy he was eating. Sure you shouldn't always eat garbage food - but "real" foods don't guarantee you any more years either.

@laylachisom8996

2 ай бұрын

@@mattropolis7857my bill is 450$ month for one person. Northern Canada prices. The struggle is real

"AI & Inflation were a bitch of a combination" that's a bar 🔥

$1400 just for groceries for a month ? Sounds like you need check spending habits. Also the stats you showed is household income considering married and kids possibly, if you’re single live by yourself it’s different story.

@seaweed428

2 ай бұрын

it's called inflation, grandpa. and yes, she might also have a family to take care of lol

@amairanylopez4752

2 ай бұрын

I agree my grocery bill at traders joes is like 80-100 a week

@greglane501

22 күн бұрын

She showed her grocery haul and it included an $8 mac and cheese box meal lol. I got got a few from Aldis for like $1.50 a piece. You also see her apartment...

Live below your means? I mean… most people have the latest and greatest iPhone that’s worth more than $500 Buy an iPhone that’s $150. Drive a Corolla. Common we’re desi. We can be cheap

@jannickpedersen4620

2 ай бұрын

Not if their ego wants luxury life style lol. Her grocery list, her apartment rent, her car ect. All in the high end spectrum, its ego problem

My friend does software engineer. He makes $250k a year. But he doesn't know how to manage his money. Guessing you're having the same problem. I'm middle trying to land a software engineer job. But here's my advice never never live out your mean. Which Guessing that why you're hurting.

@scottwarner9856

2 ай бұрын

$250k is on the higher end for a software engineer. If your friend is living in silicon valley, that $250k doesn't go as far as it would in somewhere like Utah.

It seems like some people are living paycheck to paycheck because they think their expensive taste is normal. It's why the macro level economic stats aren't really useful. Are people legitimately struggling? Are they living within their means? Are they legitimately unable to afford the basics? Or are they spending like it's going out of style and inflation has caused life on the ragged edge of their means to catch up with them? Can't tell without looking at account statements. Also the monthly P&I payment on that mortgage is around $4,700 not $6,100. Still not working at $90k/year but being off by nearly 25% doesn't help your argument.

@PoojaDutt

2 ай бұрын

Totally! Lifestyle creep is a big part of it. Curious where you got the $4700 a month from? At 7% interest, that doesn’t sound quite right

@BTrain-is8ch

2 ай бұрын

​@@PoojaDutt I put your cost, downpayment, duration, and interest rate numbers into a few mortgage calculators online.

@b3owu1f

Ай бұрын

@@PoojaDutt @BTrain is right.. you added the principal amount + the interest amount, that is more than what it would be. The total amount for the first 7 years is largely interest only, then after 7 years (which is why even if you're a billionaire.. buying a home for the first 7 year write off is a good thing to do typically.. as you get a much bigger write off with all the interest payments) the amount you pay starts paying more towards the principal and less to interest. It is one of the reasons banks lover repos.. if they can anil you after that first 7 years.. they made all their money back already on the loan.. and get to resell the home and make more. Friend of mine has a 650K loan, around 7% and pays around 4800 a month.. which when you multiply that out.. works out to 1.72million over 30 years. The bank gets more than 2x the value of the home (at the time of purchase) back. So a lot of people when they sell a home 20 years later.. for 1 mil after buying it for 800K are like "Yah we made 200K profit" but no.. you actually lost money cause you paid over 1mil with interest in that 20 years.

''' 'water' + 'flour' + 'yeast' '' = 7$ .

@lightinczproductions2195

2 ай бұрын

We can beat this together without giving up!

You're buying the wrong groceries

@DonJon200

2 ай бұрын

I dont get it... how can she spend that much on grocery

@Rdc_gd

2 ай бұрын

I don't think she specified where she live, probably in a City of higher cost of living. I am a San Francisco native and can relate to these prices.

@DonJon200

2 ай бұрын

@@Rdc_gd if she buys for the whole family maybe. But no way she going to spend that much just for herself alone

@Rdc_gd

2 ай бұрын

​@@DonJon200 ​ I see what u mean and that's true. I can only speak for me living and born in SF, and the changes over the years . i live in an immigrant family and experienced true paycheck to paycheck growing up. So ngl the title of this video to is such a reach and def click-bait.. I feel iffy with the alternative suggestion of this video.... to encourage remote jobs and live in out of tech hubs... and go into "lower" of cost living places. Like wouldn't that raise up higher cost of living there too? What about the people who don't work in non-tech and lower avg salaries in these cities,? Life is expensive but they are forced to live below their means.

@DonJon200

2 ай бұрын

@@Rdc_gd nice! Congrats on your recent job at tech. I feel like these days just solely relying on the income coming from a full time job is not enough, ideally better to/ need to have a multiple sources of income.

I have been living in South Florida for 30 years and am currently studying computer science to become a control system engineer. With four years of experience in the field and an associate's degree in engineering technology, I am finding it challenging to secure a job in South Florida. I aim to leverage my electrical background to pursue a higher-paying remote job in another state while continuing to live in Florida.

I'm not a software engineer but I am looking into a new career. I know what I do now is not working out for me financially and physically. I feel burnt out and not enjoying my free time because of being so tired. Recently diagnosed with Diabetes my food spending has increased. I am spending more than ever before. I live paycheck to paycheck all my life. Do software engineers struggle? I live a simple life with no fancy over the top lifestyle. I just want to work in a field where I'm not being abused, burnt out, or unappreciated.

@lightinczproductions2195

2 ай бұрын

I can help you not need a employer anymore for, money I would say or a company! Once I'm successful enough online to help you.

@harrypotter7854

2 ай бұрын

Are you a nurse😢

@johnguillen68

2 ай бұрын

@@harrypotter7854 No, I'm a paramedic.

@sandman.38

Ай бұрын

"Abused, burnt out, or unappreciated" Is this satire? Lol. Being a SWE is like being constantly pissed on by people. Do not.

I'm 60 and not once broke the $50k barrel. Hell never reach the $45k barrel either. My highest gross was near $43k. I'm doing just fine in the comfortable zone. I'll feel rich if I could get beyond the $50k range. Been out of debt since the age of 36. Bought my first house at age 56 and I paid cash for it, so I'm still debt free. I have a garden and greenhouse so I grow a lot of my own food year round. I have a strict budget and I always stuck with it. I'm able to save up money, so I always had a emergency fund. I have low income but doing well even with this inflation. I just squeeze tighter or cut corners what ever I have to do to not feel it so bad.

God Bless you on your path 💫

Targeting remote jobs at startups (because they're relatively easier to get) and living in Asian countries with low cost of living might be the way to go. I'm from India and looking at the bloodbath of the tech industry in the USA definitely killed my plans of doing a Masters in CS there. I hope it gets better soon, but there's no changing the fact that the real estate in the states you mentioned are hyper inflated.

@ragul3204

2 ай бұрын

Also the visa situation is bad and it won't improve even if tech hiring returns to normal.

@is5ac

2 ай бұрын

@@ragul3204 yup, you always have to live in this constant stress that you could be kicked out of the country if you get fired from your job. Lots of cons compared to the pros

How do you go from 500$ on groceries in 2022 to 1480$ in 2023. Do you want to say that the US has inflation of 200% year to year. I know it doesn't always reflect official 4% number for inflation across different categories and grocery prices can go up quicker but this is wild anyway. No wonder you can't afford anything. Seems like you should take a closer look into your spending habbits.

@jefft8597

2 ай бұрын

These expenses she cites are a joke. And maybe you shouldn't buy a **median** priced home these days. If they understand math, which I am beginning to think that they don't, median means that HALF of the homes are less expensive than that.

@b3owu1f

Ай бұрын

Actually..she's not wrong about the grocery prices. She looks like she is healthy, eats good healthy food. I can tell you that a bag of doritos has doubled in price in 3 years. Bananas are 3x the price. Eggs are 5x the price they used to be. A loaf of healthy bread is easily $7 or more. So a LOT of food has indeed doubled or more in cost. I am lactose and gluten intolerant. Gluten bread is like $10+ a loaf. Gluten pasta is 2x+ regular pasta, which went up. So depending on what you're eating and why.. prices could have 3x in price in the past 5 or so years. Not everything, of course. But now lets add in good quality food is even more expensive. I can tell you 5 years ago $600 at Costco would last us about 3 to 4 weeks with a family of 5. Today I do $600 for 4 of us every 2 weeks and it barely lasts. That's Costco. Not bad but not great food quality in most things. Hell I am looking at shopping at Walmart and Winco now because without a job and running out of money fast, and cant rent (cause without a job you cant get a rental easily if at all).. I am freaking out over surviving now.

Excellent video on software engineer salary & lifestyle & location... Thanks for sharing! 😊

Mam how much do you earn as a software engineer? Plz reply. Thanks a lot.

this was a yap sesh. is swe are living paycheck to paycheck than so is everyone, which is not true.

The problem now a day is if you get a remote software engineer job and trying to live in lower standard of living in cities like mid-west, HR will adjust your compensation accordingly. So don’t expect NYC, SF, Seattle salary if you are living in the Midwest.

Being Indian you should be able to save much much more than that. White people spend like that. Asians and Indians can save a ton if they wanted to.

@harrypotter7854

2 ай бұрын

She is american not indian bozo

Why does it look like these two are smiling when cost of living is so shit

The midwest is NOT cheap but it's cheaper than the west coast....which isn't saying much. Average taxes on a regular home is $10k per year.....JUST TAXES on the home.

Great video as always, but how is percentage change from $127K to $132K ~1%? It is almost 4%, that would paint a different picture, it is still less compared to inflation, but numbers!

@PoojaDutt

2 ай бұрын

Doh! Good catch **correction 4% 😅

It’s very depressing the fact that you work so hard as a software engineer and you have to live taking public transportation. It’s just so grueling.

Tbh it depends on the perspective. I earn 3.5K per annum ( in Dollars) and I have to pay everything with that (rent, food, public transport). With this I can't go out and all until I save up to 2 or 3 months (that is too extremely lucky if anything major doesn't come up for me to pay). This doesn't cover any benefits, it's in-hand only but at the end of the day I am living and surviving so yeah maybe my case can be said as paycheck to paycheck but mine too cannot be compared with people who are living on even less than this because according to their perspective, I am living a fancy life (a lot of people have said this to me). Expenses depends on your needs, what you want.

better off only having staff engineers work on site, any new trainee gets free rent for the 1st 3 months to come to office, then work remotely from a cheaper cost of living town

How did we land in such a situation?

The groceries are buying are the most expensive things you can buy. You're living outside of your means already just with that. I have a family of three and we spend roughly $1,000 a month on groceries. The cities you pointed out are very strong democratically LED cities with a ton of social programs and very high tax rates. I live in texas, about 20 minutes from The woodlands. Not only can I buy groceries but I can afford a very decent house for about $250 k. You may have to face the reality and you can't buy everything that you want. Middle class doesn't mean you literally buy everything that you want. It means that you have the ability to be more comfortable than someone who is in that lower financial class.

what it boils down to is even successful people will never own their own home. it really is just dawning on me watching this. i will rent for ever, i guess its not so bad. owning was a childish pipedream it seems for people who were born in the last 50 yrs.

@b3owu1f

Ай бұрын

I hate renting.. at the mercy of the owners to raise rents or possibly kick you out if they decide to sell. Really sucks ass.

This young lady had a gricery haul that included some hippie, organic mac and cheese meal that costs $8 when most people know the kraft stuff is less than half that and wonders why she spends so much on groceries...

By the way investing in property counts as investment so it’s not paycheck to paycheck unless you’re a renter

The thumb nails look like a mug shot lmao 😂

Great video

came to this conclusion on my own. my dumbass manager was going on and on about how much 100k is. "back in my day we all wanted to make 100k! that was the dream!" uhhh, a starter home here is like 450k which is over 3000 a month in payment. 100k after taxes and deductions is like 60k. lemme know how someone making 100k can afford a house here! these idiots cant do math. and like u said if u cant afford a house you arent even middle class where you live! working class at best

That's true the cost of living is almost double that of 3 years ago...

@PoojaDutt

2 ай бұрын

Yeah prices have skyrocketed 🥲

@trumpisgod2535

2 ай бұрын

It’s called Bidenflation but keep voting with your feelings instead of your wallet and logic.

And we want to increase tariff on China and other countries for exporting cheap goods to us?

I'm not sure what impact AI is really having, though. I think the tax law change had a much bigger impact.

Software engineers still need to budget. But we are budgeting luxuries fairly often. A mid level normal software engineer at a mod sized company is making $120k to $160k not including bonuses or stock. Many companies bonus and stock probably only add $10-20k to that base salary.

Great video and probably true for all professions - but 1480 for groceries 😅

@PoojaDutt

2 ай бұрын

😅😅

If your rent is 3400, then its your own fault 🤦 i pay 1000 dollars for 83 squarefeet 3 bedroom apartment

@RajaRaja-xs1he

Ай бұрын

where?

I’d point to the drop of the Gold Standard. The treasury Dept is printing too much money and every $1 is worth 5¢ instead of $65 back on 1937. Put the US Dollar back on the gold standard & watch every price everywhere drop in a week.

@trumpisgod2535

2 ай бұрын

Bidenflation

Why don’t these people move? They can increase their buying power elsewhere.

@ragul3204

2 ай бұрын

Because they have a job there.

@EnbL0187

2 ай бұрын

@@ragul3204 well then, they either stay at a location where their buying power is not in their favor or they can improve their situation elsewhere. Their choice. But they can’t sit there and complain that they have a s*** situation, when they have plenty of opportunity somewhere else.

CPI still going up means people are still buying more at these prices.

I spend 150 a week on food and I thought I spent a lot.

Leaving Canada was the best decision I made

I think my dreams of being employed as a software engineer in crushed and probably will never come true. I will do dev woek on ghe job but its not my job. I do it to help some department's where i work

@PoojaDutt

2 ай бұрын

Don’t give up! If you really want to get into software engineering, it’s still possible

But honestly though it can't be me I cook my food which lasts for a week, use the bus and don't buy anything that won't help increase my productivity e.g more ram 😂 e.t.c reducing cost of living tremendously But honestly though I get what you are saying Everything is getting costly day by day

afford a "house" hah good joke, what year is that 1970?

Hey Pooja , very good video . I can do better editing in your videos which can help you to get more engagement in your videos . Pls lmk what do you think ?

I'm not sure what that guy talking about eggs is talking about when he says eggs cost $2. I can buy a dozen eggs at $2 where I live. Is that what his complaint is about?

@PoojaDutt

2 ай бұрын

We just had the avian flu in the US, so he was probably talking about that. Eggs went up to almost $12 for a while

Grocery shopping makes me sad

@laylachisom8996

2 ай бұрын

Best to move this crappy country

Muito interessante, assim posso pensar mais antes de decidir sair do Brasil, pois se conseguir um trabalho remoto consigo ganhar 5x a mais em relação a moeda local! Thanks!

Getting beautiful video after video

Eat less

Wtf kinda bread is he buying for 7 dollars? How about you look for a cheaper alternative.

This is far from paycheck to paycheck. God, these university graduate, six digit earners can never be content with their lives, can they. Vr set, beautiful apartment, a big car, high quality groceries. And still claims "no money" 3:57. These people have no idea what actual poverty is like. I want more vacation days, I want less work hours, I want more bonuses even though I'm already 6 digits, I wanna eat at a restaurant, I want an 800,000 dollar house. Whine whine whine. While some people, those who actually live paycheck to paycheck just want to have enough money for rent.

you are buying organic groceries!!!! Organics definitely costs more... 30% more at least.

your skin is glowng! amazing video as always

Thanks for the video. I’m curious about more details cause for each person normality is different.

then make your own bread duhh

Everyone lives paycheck to paycheck REGARDLESS of how much a person makes per year

If swe is struggling then where is hope for other profession 😅

$1450 on groceries. What are you eating?

@RajaRaja-xs1he

Ай бұрын

Organic

@yy-ol8gp

Ай бұрын

@@RajaRaja-xs1he She's living paycheck to paycheck because of these useless expernses.

Ok

Bruh I make $120,000 tax free which I pay myself every month and we have business like gas stations super markets and getting more properties soon and I will another $120,000 very soon tax free lol 😂😂😂😂😂I rigged the system

Boo hoo, I lived paycheck to paycheck as a software engineer in the 1980s.

Remember folks. YOU voted for this...

Stupid background music. Fail.

Even when you make over $100k you are screwed, amazing.

Seriously wtf are you eating?!

Hy

@PoojaDutt

2 ай бұрын

👋🏽

yeast =)

hello pooja my sweetheart. i follow you on instagram. hope you are having a lovely day

You live in Seattle and voted for Joe Biden why even make a video like this ?

@zeez.5392

2 ай бұрын

😂 it’s the elites

Welcome to the Club

Bidenomics! It's working all to plan😅

And folks still Keep voting for the dems 🤷🏻‍♂️

At this rate soon everyone will turn to crime 😂. They're not giving us a choice.

@trumpisgod2535

2 ай бұрын

This year we have a choice

The more you demand, the more likely you are getting laid off and HCs are moved to India