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I agree with this point of view and it makes a lot of sense to me. If the price is high for something, that is indicative of a shortage. I fail to see how this

I agree with this point of view and it makes a lot of sense to me. If the price is high for something, that is indicative of a shortage. I fail to see how this can be in any ways controversial. On the other hand, I can't not notice that most readers on HN are very well paid SW engineers that profit from this shortage, quite handsomely sometimes. So it's understanding that posts like this will not be received on HN, it's the public's bias showing. On the other hand, I'm an Eastern European dev that is, while well paid for my location, still 1/5 as I would be in other locations so I'm incentivized to come and compete with other high paid professionals, so maybe this post is MY bias showing.

user5994461 10y ago
> On the other hand, I can't not notice that most readers on HN are very well paid SW engineers that profit from this shortage, quite handsomely sometimes. I wouldn't be so sure about that. It's the typical case of when you ask the guy next to you that does the same job and he's paid a lot less. Or when you ask you friend that are doctors/lawyers/finance guys and they all earned more than you. There is probably some folks on HN who's on the very top end [in their respective locations] but that's not representative of the usual dev.