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Yes, I find it quite ironic that one of the most privileged groups on the planet is suddenly supporting an essentially communist argument of wage theft, as soon as there's even a slight possibility of them being underpaid. Apparently they are also entitled to unprecedented upward mobility.

I sincerely doubt many software developers here spend any sleepless nights wondering what it would have been like had they been in another field or profession, which are just as much victims of wage theft as supposedly these engineers are.



Why shouldn't everyone care about getting paid as much as absolutely possible (i.e. the only meaningful definition of "not underpaid")?

It's a somewhat free market, shouldn't we all be striving to maximize our take? Or are you suggesting that the central planning committee should be handing out salary guides?


Compared to say being a surgeon? or a lawer some one on here mentioned that a transplant surgeon can make over $15M.


I work in software myself but come on, it's fair to say that being a surgeon is way less trivial and far riskier than being a programmer.


And what will the programmers who automate surgical procedures make?


true but 30 or 40 times the average programmer? and I am say this as some one who is a transplant list in the UK




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