Re:Game developers sharing their salaries on Twitter
by inopinatus on Monday May 10, 2021 @06:18PM
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The point is about not allowing yourself to be exploited, just because it’s what you love, and in any context. I earned as much in enterprise and consulting as I did in FAANG and ISP; there is sector median disparity, but to paint the differences as somehow magically intrinsic and inevitable would be as false
for FAANG as it is for
game dev and any other industry besides.
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Re:Game developers sharing their salaries on Twitter
by therealdrag0 on Monday May 10, 2021 @10:39PM
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You can't avoid some level of exploitation when you have little power; and you have little power when there are 5 other people willing to do the job at a wage you think is too low.
Re:Game developers sharing their salaries on Twitter
by inopinatus on Monday May 10, 2021 @10:57PM
(#27113743)
Agreed (if you'll accept a couple of extra conditions: not just willing, but also able and available), but I don't see that as a simple supply-side glut driving lower prices, because people are not widgets. The willingness to accept the lower pay in specific sectors reads more like an abusive status quo maintained by a cycle of exploitation, one I suppose those sharing their salaries are hoping to break.