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It's a great thing for the real creative leader types. I've wondered if this would happen in software. Of course we are amazingly well off by the standards of m

It's a great thing for the real creative leader types. I've wondered if this would happen in software. Of course we are amazingly well off by the standards of most fields. I still feel based on the value we give companies that there is room for compensation to greatly increase. In the movie and tv biz, I think everything is basically unionized for regular crew and actors, so they have basic decent pay. Is there any down side to this?

true_religion 8y ago
Producers aren't really regular crew anymore than headline actors are regular cast, even if both pay union dues.
- creaghpatr 8y ago
  Depends on whether or not they are above/below the line https://www.quora.com/What-does-above-below-the-line-mean-in-a-film-budget https://www.quora.com/What-does-above-below-the-line-mean-in...
xiphias2 8y ago
With the low interest rates cheap capital is accessible to selected companies. The cheap capital is used to acquire monopoly position instead of just competing for talent. I don't think the biggest problem is that software engineers are under-compensated. It's more like assets are overpriced, so we're not able to buy houses.
- IMTDb 8y ago
  > It's more like assets are overpriced, so we're not able to buy houses. Do you realise that you can buy assets, and houses, outside of California ? I promise you that it's really really easy to buy a house as a software engineer.
- colek42 8y ago
  I live in a 2000 sq ft house that cost less than my annual salary. Both Texas and North Carolina come to mind as areas that have pretty good opportunities for tech and very low housing costs.
- thrower123 8y ago
  If you get out of your bubble, assets are very much not overpriced. If remote work wasn't such a dirty word, one could live in places where nice houses sell for under 100k and taxes are negligible.
ummonk 8y ago
>In the movie and tv biz, I think everything is basically unionized for regular crew and actors, so they have basic decent pay. Is there any down side to this? Well it seems like for average rank and file actors, directors have a lot of power of choice, which is how you end up with all the sexual harassment scandals that keep getting reported.

true_religion 8y ago

Producers aren't really regular crew anymore than headline actors are regular cast, even if both pay union dues.

creaghpatr 8y ago
Depends on whether or not they are above/below the line https://www.quora.com/What-does-above-below-the-line-mean-in-a-film-budget https://www.quora.com/What-does-above-below-the-line-mean-in...

xiphias2 8y ago

With the low interest rates cheap capital is accessible to selected companies. The cheap capital is used to acquire monopoly position instead of just competing for talent. I don't think the biggest problem is that software engineers are under-compensated. It's more like assets are overpriced, so we're not able to buy houses.

IMTDb 8y ago
> It's more like assets are overpriced, so we're not able to buy houses. Do you realise that you can buy assets, and houses, outside of California ? I promise you that it's really really easy to buy a house as a software engineer.
colek42 8y ago
I live in a 2000 sq ft house that cost less than my annual salary. Both Texas and North Carolina come to mind as areas that have pretty good opportunities for tech and very low housing costs.
thrower123 8y ago
If you get out of your bubble, assets are very much not overpriced. If remote work wasn't such a dirty word, one could live in places where nice houses sell for under 100k and taxes are negligible.

ummonk 8y ago

>In the movie and tv biz, I think everything is basically unionized for regular crew and actors, so they have basic decent pay. Is there any down side to this? Well it seems like for average rank and file actors, directors have a lot of power of choice, which is how you end up with all the sexual harassment scandals that keep getting reported.