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by yupper32 1731 days ago
The equivalent would be telling other actors to audition for roles at [big studio] because they pay way better than [indie firm/commericals/etc]. And then everyone else coming along and being like "pfft why even bother".

A lot of people think they can't get jobs at high paying tech companies, when they can. Or they think it'd cost them their work-life-balance, when it often doesn't. Or that they wouldn't be able to handle it, when that shouldn't be a factor at all.
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Retric 1731 days ago
People aren’t saying why bother to apply, their saying why bother to promote such salaries as somehow common. More people applying doesn’t somehow increase the number of openings it just pushes down salaries at [big studio].

I mean Google getting 300 vs 200 applicants for an opening is kind of silly thing to promote.

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yupper32 1731 days ago
> why bother to promote such salaries as somehow common

Because common isn't the right word. Attainable is.

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Retric 1731 days ago
Looking back, we are responding to a post saying “$200k shouldn't be considered high.” That’s not saying 200+k is Attainable that’s saying 200k is common.

They also say $350k isn't an "incredible" which seems to suggest it’s more than just attainable it’s a reasonable goal.

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