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Re:Blind man sees wife for first time after having a tooth i... by jrockway on Wednesday July 08, 2009 @03:44PM (#694531)
Conversely, people can stop working jobs that value economy over safety. I guess they must make enough money to not worry about the risk, which is somewhat sad.
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Re:Blind man sees wife for first time after having a tooth i... by cellis on Wednesday July 08, 2009 @04:15PM (#694583)
Its called a danger premium. I'm pretty sure you wouldn't object to being paid 400k as a programmer in the Green Zone in Iraq. Or maybe you would, depending on your appetite for risk.
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Re:Blind man sees wife for first time after having a tooth i... by abossy on Wednesday July 08, 2009 @04:52PM (#694658)
In case anybody is interested, the position might still be available: http://ajaxian.com/archives/ajax-web-developer-240k-per-year...
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Re:Blind man sees wife for first time after having a tooth i... by jrockway on Wednesday July 08, 2009 @06:06PM (#694805)
Assuming I never had downtime, I could make that much consulting from the comfort of my own home at my usual hourly rate.
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Re:Blind man sees wife for first time after having a tooth i... by pbhjpbhj on Thursday July 09, 2009 @08:24AM (#695685)
"people can stop working jobs that value economy over safety"

Yeah, people who don't want to eat or have shelter can do that.

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