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Re:I am an HFT Programmer by Cushman on Sunday July 31, 2011 @05:16PM (#2829631)
...is that not what I'm saying? Your grandfather took a situation where he had an advantage and leveraged it to make money. That's what programmers should be doing, too, if they want to make money.
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Re:I am an HFT Programmer by wheels on Sunday July 31, 2011 @05:30PM (#2829673)
It sounded like you were making a special case for being a software developer (since you tied it specifically to a CS curriculum). If your statement is simply, "Having useful skills that other people don't pays." then, well, uhh, duh.
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Re:I am an HFT Programmer by wladimir on Monday August 01, 2011 @03:55AM (#2831202)
Currently it seems the special case is for software developers, though.

Everyone in my environment is finding it terribly hard or impossible to find jobs, or are going out of work, and I get job offers from all over the world. It feels unfair somehow, and I really don't want to sound elitist.

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