Re:Ask HN: How to increase SWE salaries in Europe?
by mc32 on Wednesday January 13, 2021 @10:58PM
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I would quibble with the "fancy cars" part. Only the nomenklatura got government owned fancy cars and other perks --that reverted to the state if they lost the position. So it was a kind of state wealth that you temporarily had custody over.
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Re:Ask HN: How to increase SWE salaries in Europe?
by webmaven on Tuesday January 19, 2021 @09:41PM
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To some extent, many of the "fancy cars" and other perks of capitalistic wealth are also things that one has only temporary access to by virtue of one's position. Without the position and the attached income, these can revert to the bank or other creditor.