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by 2019ideas 2688 days ago
>Does the big tech company bear no responsibility for shifting as much work as it can out to subcontractors in order to cut costs?

> spit them out as burned-out husks with no savings at the age of 35, hey, that's the system we live in.

This sounds really bad until you look at the happy contractors making over 6 figures, and are on track to retire in their 30s.

Everyone likes to complain, everyone wants more money. If you are making 6 figs and can't retire by 40, that was a personal decision.