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Re:Trillions Spent and Big Software Projects Are Still Failing by johnnyanmac on Tuesday November 25, 2025 @03:20PM (#46050261)
Yes and no. The compensation is a lot, but you're not necessarily able to just quit on a dime even if you live humbly. Interviewing takes weeks now and weeks more just to find a proper replacement. And salaries can fund you for months, bu t not years (let alone if you have a fammily)

I'll also say the obvious here in Sinclair's quote about salaries: you can indeed pay for someone's self respect.

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Re:Trillions Spent and Big Software Projects Are Still Failing by MichaelZuo on Tuesday November 25, 2025 @04:17PM (#46050902)
This would imply most of these types of positions are filled with less competent people willing to package and sell their self respect alongside their time?

(Thus commanding a rate similar to a more competent person who doesn’t package it to sell.)

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