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by randomdata 1007 days ago
> Wiktionary - Underpaid: "Getting too little financial compensation for one's work." Meriam Webster - Underpay: "to pay less than what is normal or required" Cambridge Dictionary - underpay: "to pay (a person) too little" Dictionary.com - underpaid: "not paid enough"

Exactly. There is nothing in there about agreeing to take less than you might have been able to get if you chose to charge more.

> If a software engineer is normally paid $ X, and you are paying $ 0.5X, then that person is underpaid.*

The general opinion is that people are not fungible. Why do you believe that they are?