[arrosenberg]

> No, the guiding principle for the folks at the top is “so, how can I make money for myself out of this before I fail upwards?”.

Who are "the folks at the top"? Transit agency executives in California make less than software engineers (though if you put in your time, you get a nice pension to make up for it) - how are these people getting rich? If you mean the politicians, sure, I've already said they're half the problem.

[bhawks]

They make money by exploiting their position not through their salary.

These people are around in SF - see Mohammed Nuru, Rodrigo Santos and so on.

[iancmceachern]

I live in Victor Makras' Apartment, the one that got him in trouble for the port thing.

It's hard to live in SF for long without inadvertently touching corruption, even if you actively try to avoid it.

[inferiorhuman]

Nah, Jeffrey Tumlin (current SFMTA head) makes about $500k total comp.

[arrosenberg]

So the CEO of one of the 4-5 largest transit agencies in the country makes about what a staff level FAANG engineer makes...

[stackskipton]

There is always stable "Go work as consultant at company that does a ton of business with former agency. This position is in no way related to any agency work they did. :wink:"