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Re:How a Medical Catastrophe Can Bankrupt a Life by cratermoon on Friday February 02, 2018 @01:29PM (#16292874)
Why is a nurse's services worth less than a computer programmer's?
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Re:How a Medical Catastrophe Can Bankrupt a Life by maxerickson on Friday February 02, 2018 @01:32PM (#16292899)
In the US, literally because there are not people offering them larger salaries.

It's anyway probably not a great argument if you are trying to make people making 5-10x the median wage some kind of baseline.

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Re:How a Medical Catastrophe Can Bankrupt a Life by Domenic_S on Friday February 02, 2018 @01:34PM (#16292920)
My friend (programmer)'s wife (nurse) outearned him by a wide margin in the Bay Area. She had a 2-3 year head start on him, career-wise.
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Re:How a Medical Catastrophe Can Bankrupt a Life by adamlett on Friday February 02, 2018 @04:18PM (#16294260)
Don't confuse cost with value.
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