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Desired salary is inelastic. Everyone would like to make as much as possible, regardless of debt level or career/education.

If anything, a higher debt load should make someone risk averse, and more willing to take on more lower paying jobs, rather than waiting around hoping for a high paying job. In a situation where there's more supply than demand, those risk averse people should be pushing the overall price lower (there will still be niche situations where price isn't affected).

Having a higher debt load might make you desire a higher salary, but it's real debt and needs to be paid off. Unless you're a member of a cartel who is fixing an artificially high price, competition should come into play and prices should drop.



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