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yeah fuck that... I'm a developer because I'm an introvert, and overweight and want to sit on my ass and NOT talk to anyone all day... anyone who'd rather stand

yeah fuck that... I'm a developer because I'm an introvert, and overweight and want to sit on my ass and NOT talk to anyone all day... anyone who'd rather stand on their feet and do mindless drudgery because they can is insane... My idea of the perfect worker co-op is where cashiers/programmers earn the same but that 'same' is above market value for the top level employee... so say devs go for 100k, cashiers also get 100k. Since there's no CEO/board/etc demanding 10 million/yr+ each then there's plenty to split.

icebraining 9y ago
Since there's no CEO/board/etc demanding 10 million/yr+ each then there's plenty to split. Not really; the thing with the rich is that there aren't that many of them. Take the top 1% - their average income (including the people making billions) is $1.15M. Let's redistribute $1.1M of those. ($1.1M * (1% of population)) / population = 1% of $1.1M = $11k. So each person only gets $11k extra.
- rayiner 9y ago
  The top 1% earn 20% of all income. If you got rid of them, everyone could get a 20% raise. E.g. cashier goes from $30,000 to $36,000. Much less to split than people assume.
  - dctoedt 9y ago
    > everyone could get a 20% raise So even the people in the 90th- to 99th percentiles would get a 20% raise?
  - dragonwriter 9y ago
    > The top 1% earn 20% of all income. If you got rid of them, everyone could get a 20% raise. No, that's clearly wrong. If the top 1% get 20% of the income, redistributing their income to everyone else would give everyone else a 25% raise. 20% of 100 is 25% of 80.
    - rayiner 9y ago
      You are, of course, correct.