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Re:An open response to Taylor Swift's rant against Apple by byset on Sunday June 21, 2015 @06:28PM (#9755250)
On average, I'd say that the ratio of financial payoff to "effort" in music or photography is much, much smaller than in, say, software engineering.
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Re:An open response to Taylor Swift's rant against Apple by azinman2 on Sunday June 21, 2015 @11:57PM (#9756065)
Most musicians are poor. A couple get rich, but not because of music sales but rather concerts and tours.

What weird stuff for people to say. Nothing in life is free... Successful people almost always have to work hard for it.

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Re:An open response to Taylor Swift's rant against Apple by pupppet on Sunday June 21, 2015 @06:36PM (#9755277)
I agree, but society doesn't glamorize coding. I'd wager there are fewer people taking up software expecting to get rich than those picking up a camera or mic.
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Re:An open response to Taylor Swift's rant against Apple by jstandard on Sunday June 21, 2015 @08:03PM (#9755524)
You mentioned a ratio, can you explain the basis to compare "effort" of a software engineer vs a photographer?
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