[cameronbrown]

Oh I agree, but I'm here to learn more than anything. And I'm certainly not underpaid compared to market.

Before this current job I hadn't worked as a professional (outside of minor freelance work in my home town) so I see this as bootstrapping a career with zero student debt, plus there's perks like travel opportunities and accelerated career growth which I couldn't easily get elsewhere.

> Also, we work in computer science and a for a vast majority of developers it's business as usual. So I wouldn't say that it's particularly generous or lucky.

I was lucky enough to be born into a good family, where I could learn the skills to be where I am today, no?

[LunaSea]

> I was lucky enough to be born into a good family, where I could learn the skills to be where I am today, no?

Right but I meant that Google offering a job or keeping you on payroll shouldn't feel like luck but like the default, expected behaviour in our field.

[cameronbrown]

That's not the point. I could've easily been in a different position right now, recently laid off with no income.