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My philosophy is this: We live in a market economy. Charge as much as you can for your work, constrained only by how intensely you're willing to work and for
by bckr 5y ago
My philosophy is this:
We live in a market economy.
Charge as much as you can for your work, constrained only by how intensely you're willing to work and for what causes you're willing your work to be used for.
If you're unsatisfied with the social good of the causes your work is used for, redirect some of the earnings towards social good.
I think this is a very common approach, and it's a good approach because it's very simple.
- manuelmoreale 5y agoI know this is probably the correct take and I appreciate you saying this. What I’m personally struggling with is not really the social impact of my work per se but rather the fact that jobs that are more important to society as a whole—at least in my opinion—are not paid as much as developers. And that is something I have a hard time accepting. But you’re right, the best solution is to try compensate this frustration of mine by doing things that are good for society.
- bckr 5y ago> jobs that are more important to society as a whole—at least in my opinion—are not paid as much as developers. this is a great point. Here I think the best thing we can do is be politically active and advocate for, e.g. teachers to have higher salaries