Guessing People’s Incomes in London

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Inspired by @ShanRizwan

S O C I A L

F A Q
name: Alex Liu
ethnicity: Chinese
camera: Sony a7c
editing: Premier Pro

M U S I C
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[chimpalahee]

Fundamentally Money does bring happiness as it covers all basics necessities for survival. Food, water, shelter etc.. This means you can thrive instead of survive

[GG-zlet]

The last dude from Spain was really cool, had a great chilled presence about him. Enjoyed that, all nice people.

[Khaos]

1 GCSE from school, now I earn 140k a year working in the film industry because my childhood friends family work there … sometimes it’s who you know not what.

[MsMademoiselleeS]

It would be great to see the same version of video, but in an average London’s borough

[ketolimbo]

At least 90% of the people you questioned most likely live in shared living spaces, that’s how insane London’s housing market is.

[gstephenson]

I am a software dev. I can’t say it’s a super high salary but better than average and a nice living. My side hustle is playing as a musician and the hourly rate is in fact better, just not regular work.

[oldskoolmusicnostalgia]

Bear in mind that employment income is heavily taxed and then you have to pay rent and expenses using that, plus more taxes like VAT. The true measure of wealth is what you inherit from your parents, and for most people it's not much at all.

[youaregoingtolovethis]

I enjoyed it very much. You did a smashing job for someone who is uncomfortable doing this. I appreciate it and would love to see more type of these videos. You are a natural.

[MarlonKingShow]

Great video dude. Just looked at your last few videos following this video which has blown up. You should defo consider flipping your content style to be more like this if it fits your objectives, you could super grow your channel alot faster but means you would be less likely to get traction on the current content. Hello from a fellow x developer in UK 😎

[gbrown]

If you asked me those questions you’d probably think I was unemployed. Lol.

[tatianab]

Very interesting ! Thank you !:)
I know how hard it may prove to land a job in London . I’ve got 13 + years experience in finance working in Europe (incl. almost 4 years in London ) and I’m struggling to find a job for £55-60k given all the experience . In EU where I moved from to here, I was chased by headhunters and offered that much easily .. So really surprised how ppl get £80-110k paying jobs ..

[sripadmasambhavabuddhistte]

Alex, I really liked the questions you asked. And your tone and manner was very relaxed considering it was a difficult topic to question people on. Subscribed. Have a great day.😊

[okbrown]

Well done!! It's good to get out of your comfort zone. Especially as a software engineer. I work with a few introverts and they struggle to elevate themselves. But after they grow and get more involved it all happens as it should for them.

[uwotm]

The average salary in the town where I live in England is £24k 🤣
All these people would be considered rich up here in the north but to be fair their expenses will be mental living in a nice area of London.

[ClearFuture]

Thank god found someone who is natural and organic. Well done you earned yourself a sub

[antwto]

I liked the couple that you interviewed, they seem to have a good thing going on.

[QuotidianStupidity]

Good video… I’d be interested to see a comparison in various parts of London, maybe shoredditch, Croydon or Tottenham.

Then in different parts of the UK

[dylpicklethebugslayer]

The 110K guy is a fellow FIU graduate. Happy to see him thriving!

[rubiferrer]

Most early career researchers (age range 30-40) with a PhD earn about £34k a year working at Oxford University, and Oxford is very expensive. Should we get out of academia? 😵

[Zeequencha]

Anyone earning over 50000 is paying 40% income tax. After paying at least 1000 a month for rent I estimate that someone on 100 000 Gross pockets about 45000 after all deductions including rent at 1000. That works out at about 3750 per month left for food and other costs such as social, travel, Internet, mobile phone.