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ramraj07 on Oct 15, 2021 | parent | context | favorite | on: Tech compensation in 2021

You might have better engineers in FAAnG but it’s not given that you love your work. Many of my colleagues in those places are bored out of their minds because of how silly or numbing the work is. Part of the reason why I’ve not tried the transition yet.

franciscop on Oct 15, 2021 | [–]

Yes, of course, that's how statistics and probability work, you are not guaranteed anything. But chances are higher.

postmeta on Oct 15, 2021 | [–]

plenty of low paying silly and mind-numbing work out there too tho

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