[bawolff]

> Many jobs will pay similar money.

I think the point is, that for many people that simply isn't true.

Its a down job market right now. Unless you are super amazing, you are probably getting rejected a lot right now. Many people can't afford to spend years trying to find the perfect job - rent needs to be paid. And quite frankly 80% of tech jobs are basically the same and interchangeable. Silicon valley loves to claim they are changing the world, but at the end of the day, almost nobody changes the world with a SaaS app.