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The most fantastic teacher in the world will make less money than most software developers. This they’re mediocre? Your logic is gross, and idiotic.

jseban 5y ago
The real reason why teachers make "little" money, is because their job is repetitive.
- citizenkeen 5y ago
  You have no idea what teachers do, do you?
jokethrowaway 5y ago
Of course they are. Let's ignore there is not much value coming out of education and that people mostly succeed despite having to go through the grind of an antiquated education methodology (which is the only way to certain professions). Let's ignore that better teachers can actually go to private education and get a higher salary. Software developers can create software solutions that automatically do the work of tons of people (think about how much time is saved by an online checkout vs maintaining a physical store with employees). It's obvious that software is a great way for companies that want to multiply their revenue and that's the most efficient way to generate value for society at scale. It's therefore obvious that people capable of delivering that solution have more value compared to a teacher. You may not like Amazon, but people derive benefits from Amazon all the time. They can get stuff directly at home in a day. They can pay online without even seeing a store. That's a lot of units of small value for the general public being created by the Amazon employees and Amazon itself. You may not like where society is going, but people choose with their own wallets what they want or not. This is pure democracy.
- germinalphrase 5y ago
  “Let's ignore that better teachers can actually go to private education and get a higher salary.” As a teacher, this is absolutely not true in the way you’re describing it.
  - spacemanmatt 5y ago
    They haven't heard of Texas, for starters.

jseban 5y ago

The real reason why teachers make "little" money, is because their job is repetitive.

citizenkeen 5y ago
You have no idea what teachers do, do you?

jokethrowaway 5y ago

Of course they are. Let's ignore there is not much value coming out of education and that people mostly succeed despite having to go through the grind of an antiquated education methodology (which is the only way to certain professions). Let's ignore that better teachers can actually go to private education and get a higher salary. Software developers can create software solutions that automatically do the work of tons of people (think about how much time is saved by an online checkout vs maintaining a physical store with employees). It's obvious that software is a great way for companies that want to multiply their revenue and that's the most efficient way to generate value for society at scale. It's therefore obvious that people capable of delivering that solution have more value compared to a teacher. You may not like Amazon, but people derive benefits from Amazon all the time. They can get stuff directly at home in a day. They can pay online without even seeing a store. That's a lot of units of small value for the general public being created by the Amazon employees and Amazon itself. You may not like where society is going, but people choose with their own wallets what they want or not. This is pure democracy.

germinalphrase 5y ago
“Let's ignore that better teachers can actually go to private education and get a higher salary.” As a teacher, this is absolutely not true in the way you’re describing it.
- spacemanmatt 5y ago
  They haven't heard of Texas, for starters.