Someone recently recommended the book, “The Value of Everything.” I’m part of the way through, and it’s super relevant to this conversation. What this comes dow

Someone recently recommended the book, “The Value of Everything.” I’m part of the way through, and it’s super relevant to this conversation. What this comes down to is, what is value, and how do we measure it? The author of this post throws their hands up and says, “we don’t know why wages are high for programmers.” That, however, doesn’t mean a reason doesn’t exist. But the point is an important one: if you don’t understand what your value is, you’re in the dark as to whether you’re over or underpaid, and unprepared for structural changes that could affect your lifestyle — because you’re unaware of what affects your value in the first place.