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Re:Tech Salaries in 2022: Why the Six Figure Pay Makes Techi... by eru on Wednesday May 11, 2022 @04:03AM (#31337113)
> This is what I will never understand about most established tech people, they see all the widespread misery and poverty in SV and they still have the capacity to feel sorry for themselves for not making X times more than 'that other guy.'

Out of sight, out of mind? What does it matter whether the misery and poverty is in your neighbourhood, or in the third world?

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Re:Tech Salaries in 2022: Why the Six Figure Pay Makes Techi... by Melting_Harps on Wednesday May 11, 2022 @04:20AM (#31337243)
> Out of sight, out of mind? What does it matter whether the misery and poverty is in your neighbourhood, or in the third world?

Or a level self-abosrbedness that can only be defined as peak narcissism, really.

I get wanting to be paid what you're worth, but when it comes to pretending you're some how any better than any other wage-slave is where I have trouble crossing over that level of hubris.

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