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0 pointsabousara8y ago0 comments

Let me explain better, no software engineer (SE) would be paid above 30k$ if he always starts from scratch (walking). He is paid its economic value for being fast. And he is fast because he rides a horse (building over open source language/framework/library).

So while a part of SE are maintaining stables, other part of SE don't want to pay for horse. I think this last part of SE are killing their own jobs.

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adrianN8y ago

The software engineer is paid because they produce value for they employer. It's upon the employer, not the employee to pay for the technological infrastructure.

abousaraOP8y ago

That's right. But when your employer will ask to shift infrastructure because old one is no more maintained, and to be as productive as before, you'll be very slow at development and get fired. If the employee is paying for the infrastructure, this is because SE are not solidary to open source projects.

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0 pointsabousara8y ago0 comments

So while a part of SE are maintaining stables, other part of SE don't want to pay for horse. I think this last part of SE are killing their own jobs.

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adrianN8y ago

The software engineer is paid because they produce value for they employer. It's upon the employer, not the employee to pay for the technological infrastructure.

abousaraOP8y ago

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