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by nsonha 2084 days ago
What about the Americans that do get a job, are they all privileged? Sounds like the real reason some Americans dont have a job is either they didn't have the skill or not willing to work for lower wage?

There is a thing called career progression. Many people are underpaid earlier in their career but if they are any good it gets better at some point or they at least still get a low paying job. In software if you are a citizen you have great mobility to job hop and get a huge pay bump until limited by your ability.
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nsonha 2083 days ago
Btw complains about low paying job in software in the US are bs. US software job market is massively overpriced comparing to the rest of the world, it needs correction to drive real innovation. This is not sustainable at all for start-ups.

IMO the software industry is one of the least innovative industries in the world, constantly reinventing the wheel with its copycat programming languages and database software.

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