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Re:Tech Workers Take to the Mountains, Bringing Silicon Vall... by humanrebar on Monday November 02, 2020 @09:39PM (#24975816)
Not quite. Consider pay for athletes and entertainers. Why pay Robert Downey Jr. big bucks? There are millions of actors out there!

No, there could be a long tail of meagerly paid folks, just like baristas who aspire to be professional singers. But some folks (allegedly the best of the best somehow) will be getting top dollar.

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Re:Tech Workers Take to the Mountains, Bringing Silicon Vall... by strangegecko on Tuesday November 03, 2020 @01:07AM (#24976841)
Robert Downey Jr. is paid more because of brand recognition in the target market (people will watch a movie just because he's in it), not because he's a much better actor than everyone else.

Software developers don't really have that. Maybe if you're John Romero people buy your games without looking too closely, but it's pretty rare in comparison.

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