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I wouldn't say HN crowd is significantly greedier/more selfish than other online communities

• ineedasername 7y ago
  Probably not, though tech industry employees do tend to wave around their "total compensation" numbers in a chest-thumping competition. I see that less as "greedy" though, and more as a mistaken proxy for personal value/competence/etc. The same thing seems to happen in the finance/banking industry. I suppose anywhere you gather very well compensated people in high concentrations it's going to happen. The actual money is only part of the phenomenon.
  • ct520 7y ago
    Well said, never thought about it that way.