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Re:Tech Salaries in 2022: Why the Six Figure Pay Makes Techi... by 7speter on Wednesday May 11, 2022 @12:05PM (#31341902)
> The money we make pales in comparison with the size of our contributions to the company. Especially so if you are in a value-adding position and not something like internal tooling. Management and executives are DEFINITELY underpaying us relative to what we bring to the table for them

I mean, I’ve seen people working in retail make this same point. And I’m not saying either of you are invalid in your claim, thats just how work is, it seems

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Re:Tech Salaries in 2022: Why the Six Figure Pay Makes Techi... by googlr29783 on Thursday May 12, 2022 @03:12AM (#31350243)
That's how capitalism works, specifically delivering to capitalists the difference between the product's value and the worker's wage.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exploitation_of_labour#Surplus...

It can be difficult to remember that the system wasn't always like this.

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Re:Tech Salaries in 2022: Why the Six Figure Pay Makes Techi... by 7speter on Thursday May 12, 2022 @12:49PM (#31356635)
I didn’t say it wasn’t how it works? Nor was I complaining, just pointing out that the sentiment is universal.
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