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Re:What Happens to Home Prices When Technologists Come to Town by mentat on Friday June 19, 2015 @05:54PM (#9747896)
The product of your work does more than 3x what you could do by yourself though, that's why it's valued more / differently. A similar argument would be made for effective organizers and the force multiplication of coordinated work.
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Re:What Happens to Home Prices When Technologists Come to Town by eonw on Friday June 19, 2015 @06:11PM (#9747977)
likewise, almost anyone can chop wood or swing a hammer to break rocks.... no just anyone can write high quality code.
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Re:What Happens to Home Prices When Technologists Come to Town by WalterBright on Saturday June 20, 2015 @12:43AM (#9749017)
A power saw can do the work of a thousand men chopping wood - making the designer/builder of such a machine worth more compensation than the chopper.
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Re:What Happens to Home Prices When Technologists Come to Town by afarrell on Saturday June 20, 2015 @12:39AM (#9749007)
Also programming skill is rare compared to the opportunity to apply it and this gives us negotiating power. In commerce, you don't get what you deserve; You get what you negotiate for.
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