American capitalism has taken an apocalyptic turn

Re:American capitalism has taken an apocalyptic turn by WalterBright on Thursday June 04, 2026 @01:57AM (#48394574)

If you are creating 10x the value you are paid, then plenty of other employers will offer you a raise.

If you believe you are seriously underpaid, explain to your employer what value you are creating, and negotiate.

If you start your own business, you'll find out exactly what you're worth.

[ Parent | on HN ]

Re:American capitalism has taken an apocalyptic turn by srean on Thursday June 04, 2026 @02:05AM (#48394622)

Come on, no way you can claim that.

Let's take a Principal Engineer. A bad choice to make my case with, because among others, they do pay rather well. For a Principal Engineer, it is sort of a job requirement at that level to save or generate of the order of ~100 million dollars per year. An outsourced engineer sees nowhere near 1/10th that amount in his/her salary.

For non software engineers it's much worse.

[ Parent | on HN ]

Re:American capitalism has taken an apocalyptic turn by WalterBright on Thursday June 04, 2026 @03:57AM (#48395560)

If engineers produce 10x what they cost, there'd be a huge gold rush hiring them.

[ Parent | on HN ]

Re:American capitalism has taken an apocalyptic turn by srean on Thursday June 04, 2026 @04:03AM (#48395609)

I know, right ? But there isn't.

[ Parent | on HN ]