Jeff Bezos’s Wealth Soars to $171.6B to Top Pre-Divorce Record

Re:Jeff Bezos’s Wealth Soars to $171.6B to Top Pre-Divorce R... by Erwin on Thursday July 02, 2020 @11:59AM (#23714703)

According to levels.fyi, an "Amazon Distinguished Engineer" (L10) is making $960,000/year. The GDP per capita in Central African Republic is $681/year. Should someone that is basically a typist, earn 10,000 as much as another human being?

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Re:Jeff Bezos’s Wealth Soars to $171.6B to Top Pre-Divorce R... by donatj on Thursday July 02, 2020 @12:20PM (#23714901)

Yes, if that person's work is 10,000 times more influential? Which it probably is?

Also “someone that is basically a typist“ is so... dismissive. If I were paid for my typing I’d be broke, my most productive days are often days I type the least. I am paid for my reasoning and deduction, not my ability to type.

You’re confusing the work for the medium.

Does Stephen King deserve more per word than a courtroom stenographer?

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Re:Jeff Bezos’s Wealth Soars to $171.6B to Top Pre-Divorce R... by scruple on Thursday July 02, 2020 @12:14PM (#23714843)

I completely agree with the point you are making but calling an Amazon L10 "basically a typist" weakens your argument and is absurdly dismissive.

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Re:Jeff Bezos’s Wealth Soars to $171.6B to Top Pre-Divorce R... by pinkfoot on Thursday July 02, 2020 @12:16PM (#23714855)

> The GDP per capita in Central African Republic is $681/year.

No doubt you factored in that 40% of the CAR is under 14. (And fully 60% is under 25).

The denominator also counts. And that's ENTIRELY controlled by the good folk of the CAR.

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