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A bartender makes same as a software engineer in NL

seanw444 3y ago
To be fair, I probably make the same as a bartender here in the US. Blows my mind that people are easily making $120,000+.
- coolThingsFirst 3y ago
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  - CrackerNews 3y ago
    This is ignoring that there's profit driven enshittification replacing talent with overworked and cheap overseas workers. Increasingly higher salaries are being replaced by cheaper salaries, and the results show in quality.
  - seanw444 3y ago
    According to Indeed, for the high end of bartending in my state, I make less. So I guess I really suck at programming.
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- epolanski 3y ago
  The amount of money people give in tips is insane.
closeparen 3y ago
Yes, that's what economic equality means.
- mrguyorama 3y ago
  "But but but but my CV enlarging JS framework wankery for the spotify of deli meats is obviously so much more valuable to people than a bartender!"
  - symlinkk 3y ago
    I mean bartenders are unironically useless. If there was a machine that dispensed highballs I would much rather prefer that than leaning over the counter for 20 minutes waiting for my drink while the bartender flirts with some girl.
    - unethical_ban 3y ago
      Well, you're going to the wrong bars!
      - grotted 3y ago
        Last weekend I got free beers for knowing the band on a bartender's shirt. We shot the shit about music while I waited for my friends. Made my day. Pubs started as "public houses". What's the point if you don't know the regulars? Why go out? Imagine Cheers with robo Ted Dansen. (Actually, that might be awesome, for very different reasons...)
        longtimelistnr 3y ago
        Being a regular (at any local business but especially bars) is an extremely fulfilling feeling. Also very good for ones social health to be active in their community.
        unethical_ban 3y ago
        Absolutely. I get comped drinks a lot at the places I go. In the past seven days, I have gotten five free drinks (three of them were mocktails) across four places. I sit at my usual wine bar and chuckle watching across the street, people standing in line for 30 minutes to get into a loud club with mediocre drinks. Then again, that club is hugely profitable.
red-iron-pine 3y ago
if I could make IT-level money bartending in the US I'd jump back to that tomorrow.

To be fair, I probably make the same as a bartender here in the US. Blows my mind that people are easily making $120,000+.

coolThingsFirst 3y ago
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- CrackerNews 3y ago
  This is ignoring that there's profit driven enshittification replacing talent with overworked and cheap overseas workers. Increasingly higher salaries are being replaced by cheaper salaries, and the results show in quality.
- seanw444 3y ago
  According to Indeed, for the high end of bartending in my state, I make less. So I guess I really suck at programming.
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epolanski 3y ago
The amount of money people give in tips is insane.

closeparen 3y ago

Yes, that's what economic equality means.

mrguyorama 3y ago
"But but but but my CV enlarging JS framework wankery for the spotify of deli meats is obviously so much more valuable to people than a bartender!"
- symlinkk 3y ago
  I mean bartenders are unironically useless. If there was a machine that dispensed highballs I would much rather prefer that than leaning over the counter for 20 minutes waiting for my drink while the bartender flirts with some girl.
  - unethical_ban 3y ago
    Well, you're going to the wrong bars!
    - grotted 3y ago
      Last weekend I got free beers for knowing the band on a bartender's shirt. We shot the shit about music while I waited for my friends. Made my day. Pubs started as "public houses". What's the point if you don't know the regulars? Why go out? Imagine Cheers with robo Ted Dansen. (Actually, that might be awesome, for very different reasons...)
      - longtimelistnr 3y ago
        Being a regular (at any local business but especially bars) is an extremely fulfilling feeling. Also very good for ones social health to be active in their community.
      - unethical_ban 3y ago
        Absolutely. I get comped drinks a lot at the places I go. In the past seven days, I have gotten five free drinks (three of them were mocktails) across four places. I sit at my usual wine bar and chuckle watching across the street, people standing in line for 30 minutes to get into a loud club with mediocre drinks. Then again, that club is hugely profitable.

red-iron-pine 3y ago

if I could make IT-level money bartending in the US I'd jump back to that tomorrow.