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Ahem. I know a thing about tech, lawyers, and banking. You're talking about misconceptions about tech while feeding misconceptions about law and banking. In r

by cplease 11y ago

Ahem. I know a thing about tech, lawyers, and banking. You're talking about misconceptions about tech while feeding misconceptions about law and banking. In reality, most people in all three industries don't make $200K salaries. A big chunk (but by no means all) of Bay-area FANG engineers, New York bankers and Biglaw lawyers get this type of remuneration. Should be said too that most (not all) of these are pulling off insane, crazy-making hours as well. If you think lawyers are rolling in it you have not been paying attention to what's happened to the profession over the past decade. Simply anachronistic. If you're going to generalize, it's a much better time to be an engineer than a lawyer in 2016. All three of these professions have massive disparities in remuneration.

singlow 11y ago
He said that (most of) the 4k rents are paid by bankers and lawyers. He did not say that most bankers and lawyers pay 4k rent.
- cplease 11y ago
  I doubt there are more lawyers than engineers paying $4K rent in SF. But whatevs.
  - DannyBee 11y ago
    +1 For all this talk about how engineers "might" get laid off, this completely ignores the massive contraction of the legal market that has already happened. Outside of a few specific areas of law, and a few high powered law firms, lawyers don't make that much money. My ex, a nationally renowned family lawyer in literally the richest area of the country doesn't make more money than i do (and she runs her own firm, so it's not like she is being kept down by partners).
    - ryanSrich 11y ago
      Yeah the comment about lawyers and bankers making more than engineers is straight out of 1995. Outside of highly specialized degrees in medicine there really isn't any other jobs out there paying a white collar wage ($100K +).
      - icebraining 11y ago
        http://www.bls.gov/ooh/highest-paying.htm http://www.bls.gov/ooh/highest-paying.htm
infinite8s 11y ago
(F)acebook,(A)pple,(N)etflix,(G)oogle? 200k is also fairly easily attainable by NYC engineers.
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by cplease 11y ago

singlow 11y ago

He said that (most of) the 4k rents are paid by bankers and lawyers. He did not say that most bankers and lawyers pay 4k rent.

cplease 11y ago
I doubt there are more lawyers than engineers paying $4K rent in SF. But whatevs.
- DannyBee 11y ago
  +1 For all this talk about how engineers "might" get laid off, this completely ignores the massive contraction of the legal market that has already happened. Outside of a few specific areas of law, and a few high powered law firms, lawyers don't make that much money. My ex, a nationally renowned family lawyer in literally the richest area of the country doesn't make more money than i do (and she runs her own firm, so it's not like she is being kept down by partners).
  - ryanSrich 11y ago
    Yeah the comment about lawyers and bankers making more than engineers is straight out of 1995. Outside of highly specialized degrees in medicine there really isn't any other jobs out there paying a white collar wage ($100K +).
    - icebraining 11y ago
      http://www.bls.gov/ooh/highest-paying.htm http://www.bls.gov/ooh/highest-paying.htm

infinite8s 11y ago

(F)acebook,(A)pple,(N)etflix,(G)oogle? 200k is also fairly easily attainable by NYC engineers.

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