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I've had a high-income job (career?) for two decades... and while I'd love a house, the realized demand is zero. The thumb remains. Case in point, the RTO fad. No certainty. I know at least three executives who were forced to move after building new homes.

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Executives forced to move after building a house. That really shows how desperate companies are to keep the lights on. Nobody pisses off the execs... unless the companies have ceased to operate normally as businesses, and are now hollow shells propping up an illusory stock market.

Desperate for lights, petty punishment, hard to tell. Point being... keeping options open has rarely done poorly. Doesn't feel like the time to commit. Not convinced it ever will.

edit: I hear someone now, "If that happens to you, sell the house!"... I'd like to stick with one career, thanks.

I did it the other direction -- I bought a relatively cheap house, and if the winds of change come, I would rather get a different career than location! Two different equally valid perspectives IMO, as long as you're not dependent on having a particular career in order to make your house payments.

Good point, not good to be so dependent on a career. I'm almost there; useless without a computer involved. Eager to change the location one more time to somewhere affordable. The city is wasted on me.

A career change may be earlier than expected with the LLM craze.

> Nobody pisses off the execs...

This is pretty laughably false. Sure, the CEO has a lot of power and I've certainly seen companies relocate so they are basically within walking distance from the CEO's house.

But "execs" covers a lot of people, and nobody gives a shit where the CIO or VP of engineering lives. If anything, these folks are more career driven and are expected to up and move at the drop of a hat if business conditions warrant.

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