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Not mocking cobol devs but yall are severely underpaid for keeping fintech alive (lemmy.world)

submitted 1 year ago by Potatos_are_not_friends@lemmy.world to c/programmer_humor@programming.dev

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[+] linuxdweeb@lemm.ee -22 points 1 year ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

It feels like blaming everything on capitalism is a Lemmy meme.

EDIT: smh look at all the capitalists smashing the downvote button as if it were a poor.

[-] bugsmith@programming.dev 31 points 1 year ago

They're not really blaming capitalism for anything though? They're just explaining how it works, and they're right. In a market driven economy, you are paid for having a skill or some knowledge based on the demand of that skill or knowledge and nothing else. In the same way as the quality of your house has little bearing on it's value when compared to it's location. Not a criticism of capitalism.

[-] porgamrer@programming.dev 16 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

SIGH. Capitalism is a fringe conspiracy theory. Next you'll be claiming that billionaires earn their money through "capital gains" instead of salary, or that every corporation answers to a shadowy cabal of "shareholders" who only care about profit.

Well you won't fool me. Unlike you, I have educated myself by reading newspapers.