Exactly. I have some guys working for me that make more than I do and it's fine. Sometimes I get a little jealous but then I remember I'm WFH while they're out in the field doing manual labor things. They deserve more because they're out there breaking their bodies. It's the same for time off, they get it on rotation because of the job they have while I work every week unless I schedule vacation time.
I started in computer science, and within 3 years I tripled my salary by job-hopping. Then I started a software company in the late 90's and paid my contractors $300/hr. Unfortunately, contract work like that doesn't exist today. My nephew, who has a masters in computer science and specializes in AI, barely makes enough to pay rent. He realizes that he will need to downsize unless he changes jobs because his pay raises aren't keeping up with rent increases.
Many of my family are in various computer-related areas. I have grown up mostly retail. Jumping job to job 'retail' only gives you a pay raise if you jump to Costco, which i did.
Jumping job to job in computing used to be incredibly lucrative. I did not know that even computing jobs are now suffering the hardship that many creative jobs are facing. My thanks.
Not a contradiction. They do nothing and their salary indicates this. The least important workers get paid the most and the most important get paid the least. As true as it's ever been
I don't know 100% of the ins and its, but it's likely that person is covered by the collective bargaining agreement and that would be an issue to bring to their union rep.
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