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Re:How to Not Get Screwed over as a Software Engineer by l33t7332273 on Thursday November 02, 2023 @02:26PM (#38117924)
>How much smarter than you are they if you've taken an effective shortcut to getting paid significantly more while doing a lot less work

I find it deeply troubling that so many people conflate “being smart” with “min-maxing labor and earning”. It reflects the strange belief that the best people are the best capitalists.

I take issue with the thesis that money is crystallized virtue where more of one is more of the other.

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Re:How to Not Get Screwed over as a Software Engineer by mattgreenrocks on Thursday November 02, 2023 @03:01PM (#38118418)
Yeah, it's a pretty gross mindset.

I suppose it is what people need to believe, however. Good luck with that, I guess?

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Re:How to Not Get Screwed over as a Software Engineer by throwaway092323 on Thursday November 02, 2023 @04:25PM (#38119597)
> I find it deeply troubling that so many people conflate “being smart” with “min-maxing labor and earning”

And they're veeeery vocal other people trying to get something for nothing.

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