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criley2 on Oct 7, 2016 | parent | context | favorite | on: If there's a tech skills shortage, why so many com...

> Silicon valley engineers tend to be fairly highly paid...

I mean, yes the worlds most pre-eminent software developer culture demands high prices.

What about the 98% (fake statistic) of American software developers who do not live in or around San Francisco ...?

wingless on Oct 7, 2016 [–]

Even they aren't paid that highly. Most of them make chump change compared to a world class lawyer or a doctor.

I guess we can thank Steve Jobs for that.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High-Tech_Employee_Antitrust_L...

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