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Re:Let the Other 95% of Great Programmers In by igonvalue on Friday December 26, 2014 @08:37PM (#8801294)
It's not a zero-sum game. Increased wages for engineers would encourage more people to become engineers.
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Re:Let the Other 95% of Great Programmers In by jeremyjh on Friday December 26, 2014 @08:47PM (#8801319)
Or to remain engineers, or to get BACK into engineering without taking a pay-cut. It would increase the supply of good engineers immediately. But I don't disagree with pg; I think we should hire all the greatest engineers in the world, except for the fact that we cannot identify them.
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Re:Let the Other 95% of Great Programmers In by tsotha on Sunday December 28, 2014 @03:18PM (#8807302)
This. Wall Street is full of near-geniuses who would be doing something more productive if finance companies weren't the ones offering the biggest salaries.
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Re:Let the Other 95% of Great Programmers In by brianchu on Friday December 26, 2014 @09:53PM (#8801489)
In the long run. IIRC labor supply is a lagging indicator, so in the short run (e.g. 1-2 years) it would be a bit closer to a zero-sum game.
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Re:Let the Other 95% of Great Programmers In by jonny_eh on Saturday December 27, 2014 @02:28PM (#8803625)
It feels like it's been zero-sum for a very long time.
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