> You can tell yourself that it doesn't really matter, but it will eventually. It's not a hypothetical, I've worked a lot with US companies (I'm in Eastern Eur

> You can tell yourself that it doesn't really matter, but it will eventually. It's not a hypothetical, I've worked a lot with US companies (I'm in Eastern Europe) and it doesn't have to matter at all. > We equate pay to seniority, so someone who is paid less is considered more junior even if technically they're not. That leads to getting the sucky work and not being trusted with complex tasks as much. This has also not been true (I mean generally, it can sometimes happen, but actual cause might not even be the pay discrepancy).