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Exactly. It’s like after the dot com boom no one can be content to get normal rich. Everyone wants to get “exponential” rich with software leverage. I know seve
by eloisius 5y ago
Exactly. It’s like after the dot com boom no one can be content to get normal rich. Everyone wants to get “exponential” rich with software leverage. I know several people that serve as interpreters (Chinese/English) and the amount of work and dedication it takes makes me feel ashamed when I think of how comparatively easy it was for me to learn how to code and how much of a disparity between our pay there is. I think I’m pretty libertarian-minded, but the business mindset of the modern world is so shitty. Some things can’t be automated with acceptable quality, but it seems like our MBA overlords just can’t countenance paying a human being to do skilled work unless it’s something flashy like React.
- sacrosancty 5y agoYou seem to be suffering from the fallacy that hard work deserves high pay regardless of the usefulness of that work or the available labor supply. It's a very good thing that we pay people according to market rates in the long term because it continually optimizes production of good things that we all benefit from. I'm sure making gravel with a hammer is even harder work, and it's a good thing that we don't pay people to do that. In the short term it can screw over individuals who find themselves in the wrong type of work, but there are easy ways to protect against that too, for those that are worried enough.
- eloisius 5y agoNo, I’m not. Within the context of this article I’m lamenting the fact that even in the face of demand so great that it mops up the supply and causes a shortage, businesses still wont pay enough to stimulate sufficient supply.
- soco 5y agoAnd let's not forget how much crappy software we have around us because said overlords decided how much investment in quality is good enough and started to fail fast.