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One cause of the mismatch is that tech did not turn out to be "lucrative" for the vast majority of techies.
by riehwvfbk 2y ago
One cause of the mismatch is that tech did not turn out to be "lucrative" for the vast majority of techies.
- crummy 2y agoDidn't lots of us get six figure salaries?
- riehwvfbk 2y agoIn the Bay Area six figures ($100000) is poverty level even for a single person. Officially. An average software developer supporting a family on a single income in the Bay means a below median family income. No, it's not starvation. But I would hardly call living paycheck-to-paycheck "lucrative".
- Jare 2y agoThere's a lot of 6-figure salaries in tech outside of the Bay Area, and even outside the US.
- riehwvfbk 2y agoBut you see the contrast between "you are a valuable and well-compensated knowledge worker" and "you have to move somewhere more appropriate for your working-class income"? And how can anyone continue to say this is lucrative with a straight face?