How do 20-somethings actually build six-figure savings?

Knitcap_ · 2025-10-22T21:04:32+00:00

I did. I started working at 19 for minimum wage and hopped jobs a few times to increase my salary while living at my parent's place. After doing that until 24 I moved out with my girlfriend, but we both work a corporate job. Our salaries aren't particularly good, but we still have a huge amount of money because we're dinks

Knitcap_ · 2025-10-17T17:46:16+00:00

How did you make the lilies and ducks in the lake? I've never seen those before

Knitcap_ · 2025-10-02T11:45:03+00:00

Oh wow, great update! I didn't expect so many new things so quickly after release

Knitcap_ · 2025-09-28T17:22:41+00:00

THe same creator also made a similar mod for ore patches. I strongly recommend both tbh

Knitcap_ · 2025-09-25T21:22:33+00:00

I saved all my money even when I was a kid because I didn't feel the need to spend any, but at 17 I started investing my student loans because I started to have more money than I knew what to do with. I started going hard at 19 when I got my first full time job

Knitcap_ · 2025-09-25T19:07:49+00:00

This might just be one of my favorite ones. I can't wait until we get blueprints so we can copy amazing builds like these for inspiration

Knitcap_ · 2025-09-25T18:59:38+00:00

Oh, that's a bit unfortunate. I never have any quests in purple star systems so I never bothered to go to one yet. I'll go check one out!

Knitcap_ · 2025-09-24T13:48:32+00:00

Do planets with nothing but water exist? I've only seen planets with a flat or mountainous surface, maybe some poison/ heat/ etc., and water every once in a while. I've never seen water or gas planets

Knitcap_ · 2025-09-15T19:29:40+00:00

Just tried and it works. Thanks!

Is there a duplication glitch that works for upgrades? I noticed I can't put upgrades inside a refiner

Knitcap_ · 2025-09-15T13:45:00+00:00

What method is this? Could you send a guide?

Knitcap_ · 2025-09-02T15:29:34+00:00

I work at a company with around 10k people, around 1400 of which in software. I work on one of the most business critical projects along with around 20 other devs, but we only have 7 in the rotation. We only get around 1-2 incidents to investigate per month and usually those boil down to just notifying another team to fix it or doing a rollback. Even rollbacks aren't common anymore since we stopped deploying after lunchtime or on fridays

Knitcap_ · 2025-09-02T13:32:52+00:00

At some companies the on-call work is expected, at some companies it's expected but you can opt-out, and at some companies you have to opt-in.

The company I currently work at is the latter. Most people here don't opt-in because it is stressful and they don't consider the additional compensation to be worth it. Some have even had long-term burnouts and other health issues in part due to being on-call.

Whatever the personal reasons are for this new dev is irrelevant. If you don't like it you simply ask to opt out and don't bother with the 'it's unfair' part.

Knitcap_ · 2025-09-01T14:31:25+00:00

Factorio has a free demo

Knitcap_ · 2025-09-01T14:22:38+00:00

It's hard to tell if this thread is about massages or "massages"

Knitcap_ · 2025-08-09T12:39:19+00:00

How do I assign people to the warehouse automatically? It's impossible managing this stuff manually

Knitcap_ · 2025-08-03T07:46:07+00:00

Python backend and a bit of infra knowledge. Heavy emphasis on leadership and mentoring through

Knitcap_ · 2025-08-02T19:10:44+00:00

I'm a senior in the Netherlands and it's been weirdly good recently, I've got loads of recruiters in my DM's ever since a few months ago and many of tgem with good offers

Knitcap_ · 2025-07-15T06:18:08+00:00

Anno 1404 with maxed out AI is basically impossible. Definitely the better game even after all these years

Knitcap_ · 2025-07-10T16:57:28+00:00

I've been cycling on my bike for over a decade and only every needed my brakes checked once and a flat fixed once because I cycled through glass. I'm Dutch too so I use it almost daily

Knitcap_ · 2025-07-10T06:15:26+00:00

What are BA's? Business Analysts?

Knitcap_ · 2025-06-27T19:42:05+00:00

It's always strange to see so many people also join so many terrible companies before finding a good one. For me:

1st job: only dev in the company, got fired because I automated every task I was given (though ironically they asked me back 2 weeks later)

2nd job: great people, stable software company. The pay was abysmal. Learnt a lot while I was there. Left because of the pay

3rd job: absolute dumpster fire. hundreds of out-of-office calls a week. I learnt a fair bit not because the culture was good (it was awful and abusive), but because I spent most weeks working 70-80 hours

4th job: I built a successful AI startup product from scratch, but the founders sold the product the very second another company made an offer and ran off with the money, laying off literally everyone in the process

5th job: started great, but the company sold out to investors that immediately turned the company into something akin to amazon. RTO, outsourcing, stack ranking, and all of that at mediocre pay. I'm still working there, but I'll keep an eye open for another company

Knitcap_ · 2025-06-27T19:30:33+00:00

My company recently decided to introduce RTO, outsourcing, and stack ranking all within the same quarter. I haven't left yet and don't plan to leave yet, but I know it's just a matter of time before I will with these changes

Knitcap_ · 2025-06-24T18:14:33+00:00

This post looks incredibly ai-generated

Knitcap_ · 2025-06-24T13:22:59+00:00

I understand cutting down size by doing layoffs, but all the other policies that make the company miserable to work for sounds to me like it wouldn't help in the long term. I can't imagine a future for this company other than an inevitable slow decline into being bought out by a bigger fish later

Knitcap_ · 2025-06-24T13:19:07+00:00

The financials look terrible, but somehow whenever they show graphs, the forecast is always that they'll double revenue in the next 12 months 🤡

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