• Max-P
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    158 hours ago

    I earn more than most medical doctors in my home country. They save lives, while I write software that could disappear tomorrow and no chaos would ensue. But I do earn my employers more money than the doctor does.

    The only world in which this is right is a world where you only care about yourself and being rich. Meritocracy is inherently subjective and depends largely of what you value to give people merit, and in a lot of cases that’s “we fucked over two dozen tiny companies with patent troll lawsuits and made millions”.

    • BlackLaZoR
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      -37 hours ago

      They save lives, while I write software that could disappear tomorrow and no chaos would ensue. But I do earn my employers more money than the doctor does.

      The only world in which this is right is a world where you only care about yourself and being rich.

      Just regular supply and demand thing. Too many doctors, and not enough software engineers.

      • Max-P
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        87 hours ago

        There’s way too many software engineers and a constant shortage of doctors, at least in Canada.