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Re:Why Women Choose Differently at Work by skookumchuck on Saturday March 03, 2018 @03:33PM (#16511403)
Lots of artists and writers get paid far more than software engineers.
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Re:Why Women Choose Differently at Work by dang on Saturday March 03, 2018 @04:00PM (#16511548)
> I, as a software engineer, demand to be paid as much as writer J.K. Rowling.

"Please respond to the strongest plausible interpretation of what someone says, not a weaker one that's easier to criticize."

https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html

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Re:Why Women Choose Differently at Work by loco5niner on Monday March 05, 2018 @02:54AM (#16519486)
probably about the same number of basketball players, and boxers, and CEO's.

The point is, it is uncommon to reach that level in those given fields because the average person gets average pay.

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