[ajross]

> i dont intend to be on the side of flipping mcdonalds burgers

So say the kitchen staff at every Denny's too. And yet...

The analogy is apt, but your coping strategy falls down because of numbers. There aren't a lot of spots for those "chefs" to get paid like they expect.

Most HN commenters might have gotten by over the past decades thinking they were "talented chefs", but were really more like the "short order cooks" whose jobs got eaten by fast food.