scrimp

Most people scrimp and save so they can "live the good life" later on.

Getting the height right was a big challenge, and we didn't scrimp on chairs.

I used to scrimp on those things, but it it's better economy not to.

This is scrimping and saving for the purpose of... more scrimping and saving.

Is it not stranger to scrimp now for an entirely theoretical future?

It also implies that parents with modest incomes who scrimp and save for college tuition for their kids are kinda punished for it.

If you really mean $30K, well, I'd have to scrimp and save for a few months, but it's doable if the product really does solve more than $30K worth of problems for me.

If they pair program even 40-50% of the time, I'm out.- I don't like companies that scrimp on developer tools, so I ask about the equipment they get for developers.

The problem with the extremes of this logic is that if you scrimp and save and live poor to get to that 75% savings rate... you still have to live poor for the rest of your life on that 25% of your take home.

He has a kid, a big time draw, he says he is going to work 20 hours a week contracting on the side, a big time draw, he wants expensive benefits, a big money draw from the company hurting its runway and making the founders waste time fundraising more often, he gets told he can take unlimited vacation yet decides he'll still hold them to the 15 number, so the extra freedom you get at a smaller younger company isn't even used by him, he says he is saving up for a house, a big distraction from just paying for food and rent, etc..Someone scrimping and saving every penny and working a side job is not going to grab some hardware that helps them work, or take a cab when they need it to get to an important meeting, or work overnight, etc.