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To be fair, we're the highest paid profession, and the work isn't that difficult either.
by thedevilslawyer 1y ago
To be fair, we're the highest paid profession, and the work isn't that difficult either.
- grafmax 1y agoThe owners of the companies we work for are making more money than us, off the value we create through our work, simply by through ownership itself. How’s that for compensation vs difficulty?
- thedevilslawyer 1y agoIf you believe that is the case, it is very simple to use some of that pay to buy a slice of that ownership via your preferred brokerage application.
- grafmax 1y agoIt’s a wonder that people still work for a living when all you have to do is buy a share of SPY, suddenly elevating you to same level as your boss.
- thedevilslawyer 1y agoWell, how else are you going to buy the share? (I don't think further engaging on this would be meaningful, as the reactions are all coming from a place of prejudice to state of the world.)
- grafmax 1y agoThe state of the world is a human product. It’s something we create. We can choose to resign ourselves to it and rationalize it, or try to change it through conscious collective action. Either way we are participating in creating the world we see around us.
- sokoloff 1y agoIf you think that’s an easier route, I doubt it’s ever been easier to found a company and own almost all of it. On this very site is a link at the bottom to apply for substantial funding and help in succeeding at a modest cost of equity. But if it’s easy enough that you don’t even need that help, you can own it all.
- pjmlp 1y agoOnly if you're talking about US market.
- thedevilslawyer 1y agoCan you call out any other market where another profession is as highly paid and accessible?
- pjmlp 1y agoI can tell that in Portugal it is a highly paid as any office worker, meaning bad, with unpaid overtime, and until you make it into manager you're failing. Also doctors and business owners not only make it much more, there are plenty of under the table payment possibilities. I also know of offshoring countries where folks working in tourism make more in tips from foreigners that any IT worker can ever dream off.
- wiseowise 1y agoThat’s a fair statement, we should start giving blowjobs and dance like strippers to justify our salary.
- horns4lyfe 1y agoAnd it’s still not enough to buy houses close to the offices. So something is wrong