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IT workers are as divas as Basketball players (to some extent): why on earth Lebron James earns millions? Answer: because the team that owns him makes much more

by danwee 4y ago

IT workers are as divas as Basketball players (to some extent): why on earth Lebron James earns millions? Answer: because the team that owns him makes much more than that by selling his image. Easy. Same of IT workers: IT companies make millions per employee, so they pay us hundred of thousands in exchange. Easy.

BiteCode_dev 4y ago
Oracle makes millions, but is it because of their amazing devs? Doctors don't make millions, is it because saving human life is not valuable? Correlation is not causation. Not to mention Lebron James actually ships. Indeed, he plays the matches he is paid for. And doesn't cry on TV the coffee is not good enough in the stadium.
- danwee 4y ago
  > Oracle makes millions, but is it because of their amazing devs? Meaning? If it's because of their sales people, they are making a good salary as well. > Doctors don't make millions, is it because saving human life is not valuable? As you pointed out, we don't value them enough. People nowadays prefer to spend their time thinking TikTok/Twitter/GitHub... so that's where the moneys goes. > Not to mention Lebron James actually ships. Indeed, he plays the matches he is paid for. And doesn't cry on TV the coffee is not good enough in the stadium. It's not about shiping. It's about selling. Sad, but true.
- alenmilk 4y ago
  I don't understand. You complain about coworkers getting high pay and complaining while not producing any value. Do you think a downturn and potentially getting fired will educate them in this matters and getting less pay will make them solve actual problems?
- Der_Einzige 4y ago
  Re: Oracle, yes actually it is due to amazing devs. OCI paid FAANG salaries so they could get FAANG talent. Now they're the only cloud provider with robust growth in their cloud products
thfuran 4y ago
>IT companies make millions per employee, Mostly they don't. Not even close.
- danwee 4y ago
  Indeed. But then most tech companies don't pay that much to tech employees (e.g., see the whole European continent)

by danwee 4y ago

BiteCode_dev 4y ago

Oracle makes millions, but is it because of their amazing devs? Doctors don't make millions, is it because saving human life is not valuable? Correlation is not causation. Not to mention Lebron James actually ships. Indeed, he plays the matches he is paid for. And doesn't cry on TV the coffee is not good enough in the stadium.

danwee 4y ago
> Oracle makes millions, but is it because of their amazing devs? Meaning? If it's because of their sales people, they are making a good salary as well. > Doctors don't make millions, is it because saving human life is not valuable? As you pointed out, we don't value them enough. People nowadays prefer to spend their time thinking TikTok/Twitter/GitHub... so that's where the moneys goes. > Not to mention Lebron James actually ships. Indeed, he plays the matches he is paid for. And doesn't cry on TV the coffee is not good enough in the stadium. It's not about shiping. It's about selling. Sad, but true.
alenmilk 4y ago
I don't understand. You complain about coworkers getting high pay and complaining while not producing any value. Do you think a downturn and potentially getting fired will educate them in this matters and getting less pay will make them solve actual problems?
Der_Einzige 4y ago
Re: Oracle, yes actually it is due to amazing devs. OCI paid FAANG salaries so they could get FAANG talent. Now they're the only cloud provider with robust growth in their cloud products

thfuran 4y ago

>IT companies make millions per employee, Mostly they don't. Not even close.

danwee 4y ago
Indeed. But then most tech companies don't pay that much to tech employees (e.g., see the whole European continent)