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> Oh, I don't think (any kind of) engineers should be entitled to extract monopoly rents, which is why I am against all (or almost all) occupational licensing.
by cbsmith 11y ago
> Oh, I don't think (any kind of) engineers should be entitled to extract monopoly rents, which is why I am against all (or almost all) occupational licensing.
Then it doesn't matter how it compares to what software engineers are paid.
- nickff 11y ago>"Then it doesn't matter how it compares to what software engineers are paid." I never said (or believed) that the relative amount was particularly relevant; I had (correctly) assumed that the comparison had been made to give the HN crowd some idea of the amount those particular workers were paid without divulging exact figures.
- cbsmith 11y agoI had presumed (correctly) it implied something about how much these people are being paid as if that was part of the problem. It isn't.