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Or go read the quora answer that instigated the article as it contains the images: http://www.quora.com/What-kind-of-jobs-do-software-engineers-who-earn-500k-pe

• falcolas 11y ago
  Thanks for the link. This article annoys me... for every "Type 2" engineer who completes the stream to the village and gets rewarded handsomely, there are dozens or hundreds of other "Type 2" engineers who found that they needed to eat, and went back to carrying buckets. Becoming a successful "Type 2" as outlined by this article requires having the resources beforehand to complete such a stream. Enough money to buy food when there is no income for their work, enough support from peers to encourage their vision, and the ability (which again usually comes back to money) to convince the farmers whose fields he is digging through that this will be to their advantage. The fact is that not everyone can be a "Type 2" - and typically not because of some lack in mental facilities or effort. Those who make it as "Type 2" are usually lucky: having been born into a situation where they don't have to make a regular income just to survive. What's unfortunate is so many "Type 2" folks don't understand that, so they inherently believe that "Type 1" folks are just too lazy (or dumb) to take the chances which could obviously land them in the "Type 2" category. /rant