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The idea that salary is a measure of self-worth is an unfortunate lie that our modern society perpetuates.
by mizzao 4y ago
The idea that salary is a measure of self-worth is an unfortunate lie that our modern society perpetuates.
- mtlmtlmtlmtl 4y ago[flagged]
- dang 4y ago"Please don't sneer, including at the rest of the community." It's reliably a marker of bad comments and worse threads. https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html (The GP comment was heavily upvoted btw, which doesn't seem surprising at all.)
- mtlmtlmtlmtl 4y agoMy apologies. (To be fair it was downvoted when I replied to it)
- jcampbell1 4y agoNo one thinks it is a measure of self-worth, but an approximation of the value the work creates for others. Some people do feel having the marketplace value their labor and effort provides a sense of self-worth. Wanting to feel valued by family, friends, and the marketplace is normal.
- pompouNsIGGER 4y ago[dead]
- AdrianB1 4y agoNo. With D&I, in many corporations wages are heavily correlated with gender and race more than the value of the work. In the opposite direction, with the equality part pf DIE the brilliant engineer and the mediocre-at-best HR paper-pusher are paid the same. Wage correlation with worth assumes strong, measurable meritocracy, it is not the case for most of the times, but very visible in the past decade. Anecdotal evidence, see the recent TikTok and related Youtube videos about people "working" in Big Tech doing mostly eating, some leisure work, some meaningless meetings and then team parties. You will struggle to find the work value of that, but the salaries are way above US median wage.
- xyzelement 4y agoYour salary (or other income) is a proxy for value you generate by your efforts and more importantly, your ability to support your family and causes that are important to you.