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Because you have to pay people more to do boring or evil work vs meaningful or exciting work

• drivebyhooting 6mo ago
  In my experience the pay difference was never that close that meaning and ethics played a role in the decision. Cool exciting and meaningful science job: 200k Big Tech surveillance capitalism job: 800k (at the low end) The calculus has only been about affording housing and providing for the family.
  • hawaiianbrah 6mo ago
    800k at the low end? Big tech pays well, but that sort of comp is reserved for very senior folks.
  • sbrother 6mo ago
    This is my experience too. I actually briefly took the cool exciting climate change related science job and then realized that I couldn’t actually support my family’s lifestyle on $160k so I left and went back to surveillance capitalism. I do feel guilt about that decision, but I like to imagine I’ll be able to go back to working on interesting and ethical things after my kids are out of the house.
  • strken 6mo ago
    Where do I get this cool exciting and meaningful science job paying $200k?
  • singpolyma3 6mo ago
    Seems the pay is very different and thus is absolutely playing a role in the decision?