If pay had kept pace with productivity gains, minimum wage would be $24 an hour

Re:If pay had kept pace with productivity gains, minimum wag... by 908B64B197 on Friday October 09, 2020 @05:19PM (#24734547)

There's an other issue here: Evans bootstrapped herself by getting a (relevant) degree.

The spreadsheet story is nice, but even having these skills back in the 80's was way less common than today. The article should also have looked at how much tuition was relative to the cost of living/salary Evans was making, and if Ramos could afford it today.

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Re:If pay had kept pace with productivity gains, minimum wag... by ForHackernews on Friday October 09, 2020 @05:49PM (#24734778)

Did you read the whole article?

> Evans was a full-time employee of Kodak. She received more than four weeks of paid vacation per year, reimbursement of some tuition costs to go to college part time, and a bonus payment every March. When the facility she cleaned was shut down, the company found another job for her: cutting film.

She was able to bootstrap her career at least in part because Kodak offered tuition reimbursement and other benefits.

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Re:If pay had kept pace with productivity gains, minimum wag... by 908B64B197 on Saturday October 10, 2020 @12:07PM (#24739865)

> Did you read the whole article?

I did.

What I would be curious to read is an accountant taking a look at Ramos finances and figuring out how she could afford (or not) to get the same degree.

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