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by Ithrowthisaway 1557 days ago
It is not about that, but it is about knowing my value. Am I wrong?

I don't even need to earn $250k like them. If they were giving me $240k I would've been okay. But $180k, come on...

I have family to feed. I am an immigrant with no help from parents. I gotta do what I gotta do.
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zamalek 1557 days ago
Knowing your value is actually being the stupidest person in the room. If you are at the top then it is logically impossible to guage your worth.

If you are earning 180k vs. 250k earners who you have nothing to learn from, move on, even if you move to another 180k but with smarter folks.

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Ithrowthisaway 1557 days ago
That's what I'm experiencing now. I have nothing to learn from the $250k earners.
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zamalek 1557 days ago
My best advice (in the short term) is to contribute to a huge open source project. At the depths of my boredom I contributed to dotnet, who better to learn from than the people who make your tools? Amazingly bright minds to learn from.

Contribute to React. Contribute to Boost. Contribute to Scala. What are you using, or what do you wish you could to use? Contribute to that.

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Ithrowthisaway 1556 days ago
And how do I get more money? Working for free?

Let me tell you a secret. A friend of mine is the no. 1 maintainer of a very popular OSS. 60k stars. He got paid way way way lesser than me.

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