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Why do you think GDP is a relevant metric here?

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caskstrength2y ago· 2 in thread

> Why do you think GDP is a relevant metric here?

What other metric would you propose? Considering we are on HN maybe laughable SDE salaries in EU would be a more relevant metric?

troupo2y ago

So, the US has doubled its GDP and has "non-laughable SDE salaries". How has this translated into benefits for the non-SDE folks?

caskstrength2y ago

I'm SDE myself so I don't have much data on that. I've heard people in finance get insane salaries. I would assume that folks working in SpaceX are doing better than their European colleagues from ArianeGroup (who may soon do even worse [0]).

[0]: https://arstechnica.com/space/2023/10/oops-it-looks-like-the...

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