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Retire In Progress
Personal blog · retireinprogress.comeconomicscareer
Retire In Progress is a personal blog at retireinprogress.com about economics and career. Since 2018, 5 different Hacker News readers have linked it 6 times. The last post was in 2023, but the archive is still widely read.
Too few sampled comments (1) to say how often HN recommends it.?
Why HN links it
HN readers link this blog for posts on Zurich's tech scene compared with Silicon Valley and on the cost of living in Zurich. One commenter cites a post's living-cost figures for a six-figure salary.
Summarised by Claude from a sample of 1 HN comments that link here. Each comment is marked recommending, critical or neutral (citing without judging); how this works.
What? Hi dear reader, welcome to Retire In Progress, a blog about Personal Finance, Financial Independence, Early Retirement, Critical Thinking, Curiosity, Entertainment, Existential Crisis, Life Design, and much more! Want to know more about the blog? Please visit the About RIP page. Want to read l
What Hacker News says?
On the other hand, you will need that much to live there! Take this 250k googler, he's more frugal than anyone I know and yet they spend 90k/yr living in Zuerich. http://retireinprogress.com/2017-q4/
Comment linking /2017-q4/
on “Forging a Swiss Lens: How Zurich's tech scene changed my view of SV”Submitted Tracking Finances with Spreadsheets as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted MrRIP's Story of Working at Hooli: Timeline and Financials as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted Retire in Progress as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted My Story Chapter 9b – Hooli: Dark Side of a Dream Job as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted Midlife Crisis Outsourced: A Dinner with KM-Finanzen as a story · 1 points
HN discussion