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If there was such an abundance of talent, why does Google pay $125k for entry level SW jobs ? And why is SW engineering such a highly paid position ?
by dmode 8y ago
If there was such an abundance of talent, why does Google pay $125k for entry level SW jobs ? And why is SW engineering such a highly paid position ?
- gaius 8y agoOutside of a handful of companies in Silly Valley tech is just another office job and less well paid than law, accounting, MBAs and most other professionals. No one ever says there’s a desperate shortage of corporate lawyers and we need special visas to import more!
- TheCoelacanth 8y ago> No one ever says there’s a desperate shortage of corporate lawyers and we need special visas to import more! Yes, they do. It's called the H-1B visa. Lawyers, accountants, financial analysts, physicians, surgeons, management consultants, architects, journalists, school teachers, nurses and many other occupations qualify for H-1B visas.
- dmode 8y agoIf lawyers and doctors were in abundance, their wages will reflect that
- runamok 8y agoLawyers' salaries have actually gone bimodal and there is a glut. One ref: https://www.bostonglobe.com/opinion/2014/05/09/the-lawyer-bubble-pops-not-moment-too-soon/qAYzQ823qpfi4GQl2OiPZM/story.html https://www.bostonglobe.com/opinion/2014/05/09/the-lawyer-bu...