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This industry is a race to the bottom and long overdue for a massive salary reset. There is no society on Earth where someone who codes JavaScript (poorly) shou
by tokyobreakfast 8mo ago
This industry is a race to the bottom and long overdue for a massive salary reset. There is no society on Earth where someone who codes JavaScript (poorly) should make more money than, say, a doctor. Yet here we are.
- honeycrispy 8mo agoA lot of doctors are just pill prescribers. I can't tell you how many times I've been to useless doctors that don't help and give you a big fat bill on the way out the door.
- caminante 8mo agoHow much do you think doctors make?
- tokyobreakfast 8mo agoSome make less than new grads at AMZN with 0 YOE.
- caminante 8mo ago> Some You're really playing loose with the Venn diagram here. Only "some" Amazon SWEs would "code JavaScript (poorly)."
- tokyobreakfast 8mo agoYet they're all expendable because their chosen skills are not essential for society to survive. They could all disappear tomorrow and the web and everything around it would move on.
- lp4v4n 7mo ago>The median salary for a urologist in the United States is approximately $590,000 per year as of March 2026. Most urologists earn between $550,000 and $630,000 annually. This guy really thinks doctors make 120k/year.