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by sidlls 1904 days ago
> If you have a string of successful projects, your salary will go up over time (you may have to switch jobs a few times though).

Lot to unpack here. Switching jobs doesn't require successful projects, only self-marketing to make projects seem successful and important. You're basically suggesting we have a merit-based industry, when in reality it's just as much subject to social networking as any other.