• alcoholicorn
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    13 hours ago

    There is, nobody can be comfortable not knowing whether they’ll be able to afford rent next month.

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      10 hours ago

      No, but if those irregular paychecks are high enough, you may be able to create a reserve to work around it. Ti’s how owning businesses and being self employed works.

      Everyone thinks being youtuber/streamer is sweet until they realize they have no idea when the next ad-pocalypse or algorithm change will be and when they are getting paid next.

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        9 hours ago

        Sure but most jobs who would ask such a thing on the application probably aren’t the high paying kind.

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          8 hours ago

          I have no idea. I have never seen any job ask this and there is no context given in this post. May not be job application at all.

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      This answer assumes a state of affairs where everyone living from paycheck to paycheck should be normalized. I think this way of thinking buries a much deeper issue which is that owners of capital continue to squeeze non-owners of capital.

      Let’s assume we address that problem and ask the question again.

      I would say, that choosing a riskier but higher average source of compensation is a perfectly reasonable, personal choice for someone to make.