[lovecg]

Do other professionals (lawyers, finance etc.) argue for reducing their own compensation with the same fervor that software engineers like to do? The market is great for us, let’s enjoy it while it lasts. The alternative is all those CEOs colluding and pushing the wages down, why is that any better?

[rester324]

Mmmmhm. You could have made this argument about 2 years ago, and it would have been credible. But you are making this argument now, when literally hundreds of thousands of engineers are let go in the last few years just in the US alone...? I am not sure how such an argument holds up in such circumstances...

[kridsdale1]

Talent and skill are a power-law, just as they are in basketball.

The United states has tens of millions of skilled and competent and qualified people who can play basketball. 1000 of them get paid to play professionally.

10 of them are paid 9 figures and are incredible enough to be household names to non-basketball fans.