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its a tradeoff from doing that or making 250k+ at the age of 27 You can also work on instagram, oculous, or just take the time to become a better engineer.

Rjevski 8y ago
Is 250k a big deal in the US, and how does it compare to how much a contractor makes? For reference, in the UK it's common for mid-level Python developers to make around 600£/day which is way above any full-time senior position, so if money was an issue couldn't you just become a contractor instead? > You can also work on instagram, oculous Instagram is no better. In fact they're working hard to turn Insta into yet another Facebook. Oculus will also be just another channel for them to deliver cancer aka ads (look at what's happening with Insta and WhatsApp), so I don't see much point in working on it. > just take the time to become a better engineer Maybe, but I'm sure there are other companies that deliver actual value that people want where you can also become a better engineer. Sorry, I don't agree with making the world worse just for the sake of money.
- rcchyssser 8y ago
  >Sorry, I don't agree with making the world worse just for the sake of money If I don't do it, someone else will .
  - brokenmachine 8y ago
    >If I don't do it, someone else will . If that's your only justification for terrible behavior, there are more lucrative things you could be doing.
- rcchyssser 8y ago
  600£/day is only about $180,000 usd... just simple math...
  - Rjevski 8y ago
    Yep that is for a mid-level engineer. Seniors can get up to around 800/day.
    - random_kris 8y ago
      how and where
- seatdrummer 8y ago
  Its a tradeoff right? Are making smart phone apps that provide entertainment but get people more glued to their screens part of making the world worse? Does driving a car make the world worse, or eating beef, or producing human waste, or purchasing goods make by sweatshop workers, or eating vegetables picked by underpaid illegal immigrants, making city rent more expensive by increasing demand with your high paying salary, or taking a spot in line at the dmv, or profiting from all of your unearned privilege (whether that is because you are a man, white, tall, come from 2 parent home, good health, software job, etc.) while others with less unfortunate circumstances are become more poor relative to yourself (thus producing more inequality). I'm sorry but there are a very high number of people who would literally kill another human for that much money in one year. That much money at that age is incredibly difficult to find, and wondering why a 27yr old person should turn that down in favor of some other 50k a year startup or a well establish, neutral, software company at 80k a year is a little strange. If someone paid me 100k a year on the condition that I make the world a worse place, I'd do it by just continuing to exist, or I could just drop a candy wrapper on the ground once a day.
- industriousthou 8y ago
  250k is a big deal in the US.
- random_kris 8y ago
  how do you earn 600$/day being a mid level python developer?!!?! I make 1000€ a month being low level python developer while juggling java, sql, access, javascript, html inbetween
  - crunchlibrarian 8y ago
    Move

Rjevski 8y ago

Is 250k a big deal in the US, and how does it compare to how much a contractor makes? For reference, in the UK it's common for mid-level Python developers to make around 600£/day which is way above any full-time senior position, so if money was an issue couldn't you just become a contractor instead? > You can also work on instagram, oculous Instagram is no better. In fact they're working hard to turn Insta into yet another Facebook. Oculus will also be just another channel for them to deliver cancer aka ads (look at what's happening with Insta and WhatsApp), so I don't see much point in working on it. > just take the time to become a better engineer Maybe, but I'm sure there are other companies that deliver actual value that people want where you can also become a better engineer. Sorry, I don't agree with making the world worse just for the sake of money.

rcchyssser 8y ago
>Sorry, I don't agree with making the world worse just for the sake of money If I don't do it, someone else will .
- brokenmachine 8y ago
  >If I don't do it, someone else will . If that's your only justification for terrible behavior, there are more lucrative things you could be doing.
rcchyssser 8y ago
600£/day is only about $180,000 usd... just simple math...
- Rjevski 8y ago
  Yep that is for a mid-level engineer. Seniors can get up to around 800/day.
  - random_kris 8y ago
    how and where
seatdrummer 8y ago
Its a tradeoff right? Are making smart phone apps that provide entertainment but get people more glued to their screens part of making the world worse? Does driving a car make the world worse, or eating beef, or producing human waste, or purchasing goods make by sweatshop workers, or eating vegetables picked by underpaid illegal immigrants, making city rent more expensive by increasing demand with your high paying salary, or taking a spot in line at the dmv, or profiting from all of your unearned privilege (whether that is because you are a man, white, tall, come from 2 parent home, good health, software job, etc.) while others with less unfortunate circumstances are become more poor relative to yourself (thus producing more inequality). I'm sorry but there are a very high number of people who would literally kill another human for that much money in one year. That much money at that age is incredibly difficult to find, and wondering why a 27yr old person should turn that down in favor of some other 50k a year startup or a well establish, neutral, software company at 80k a year is a little strange. If someone paid me 100k a year on the condition that I make the world a worse place, I'd do it by just continuing to exist, or I could just drop a candy wrapper on the ground once a day.
industriousthou 8y ago
250k is a big deal in the US.
random_kris 8y ago
how do you earn 600$/day being a mid level python developer?!!?! I make 1000€ a month being low level python developer while juggling java, sql, access, javascript, html inbetween
- crunchlibrarian 8y ago
  Move