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Re:Joel Spolsky on Stack Overflow, Inclusion, and How He Bro... by melenaboija on Tuesday March 19, 2024 @02:00PM (#39758529)
That is exactly my point, as a software developer if you want to make the same than a doctor or a lawyer (btw this also only applies to the US where they make astronomic amounts of money) you have to go through this process.

My experience is that only the ones that give you access to top salaries, wherever you are are, are the ones using this type of recruitment. There are tons of positions you can get without going through this and paying less.

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Re:Joel Spolsky on Stack Overflow, Inclusion, and How He Bro... by mistrial9 on Tuesday March 19, 2024 @10:41PM (#39762427)
many young MDs in the USA are drowning in school debt; some middle years MDs have bad luck with money D-I-V-O-R-C-E ; some young attorneys do not have an onramp to the higher paying situations.. in other words, there is a curve, it is not instant financial success as it appears when viewing top-earners.
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