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0 pointspiker7y ago0 comments

> They needed his salary (not surprisingly, saturation divers are well-compensated, up to $1,400 per day), so his wife told him to finish the job.

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DyslexicAtheist7y ago

I see from the article that salaries haven't changed much since the 90ies.

gaius7y ago

Yeah - phenomenal money in the 90s and everyone wore a Rolex... now the money is pretty decent while working but big gaps between jobs

fjsolwmv7y ago

Great money but assuming that's not a 250+ day/yr billable utilization it's not substantially better than working for a major webtech company, and a lot more grueling and dangerous.

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