Poor in Tech
I&#x27;m from a &quot;poorish&quot; family, but from Europe. Some stuff is relatable some is not:<p>- People ordering lunch always felt weird for me, in my mind I think &quot;why should I pay 10€ for a bowl of salad, when I can go to the grocery store below the office and have the same for 1€&quot;, or even better pay 70 cents for the raw vegetables, wash them and chop them in the office and they will last 3 days<p>- Student debt doesn&#x27;t apply, the good thing of being &quot;poor&quot; in Italy is that the country pays you to go to university and not the opposite<p>- When I got my first tech job I was like &quot;wow, I got a MacBook just for joining the company, this costs like 1 year of salary of my previous job&quot;<p>- The part of stealing I don&#x27;t find relatable, even when my bank account was empty I would never resort to stealing, must be some honour system I grew up with<p>- The gym part is also not relatable, when I was fat and I did go to the gym everyone was very supportive, and every little progress was celebrated by everyone making you want to go more and more.<p>A thing I notice, is that the mentality stays with you no matter your salary, I always try to avoid spending more than necessary, with a comparison with my colleagues my monthly expenses are less than 1&#x2F;3 compared to them.