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Re:‘I Don’t Really Want to Work for Facebook.’ Say Some Comp... by jfk13 on Thursday November 15, 2018 @04:08PM (#18463347)
> Developers are largely undercompensated for the utility they provide for firms

Perhaps, though I tend to think that developers are largely overcompensated for the benefit they provide to society as a whole. (Yes, I'm one of them.)

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Re:‘I Don’t Really Want to Work for Facebook.’ Say Some Comp... by FilterSweep on Thursday November 15, 2018 @04:15PM (#18463414)
Hey,(side note) Jaron Lanier has some interesting things to say about “value-added” to society!

I can’t disagree with what you’re saying, but that would also mean other roles are also overcompensated, if not even more (heh, executives)

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