Everyday I check total comp of US peeps.

Internal crying

when i do this i pat myself on the back knowing i didn't waste 6 months of my life becoming a chatGPT bot rote memorizing leetcode problems only to end up writing the same quality (at best) software

at the end of the day, they also only cook with water (german saying, paraphrased)

@fullstackclown *insert crying with dollar bills gif*

I was overpaid in a country that underpaid everyone who was under-qualified-- but I was perfectly qualified, and now I'm underpaid (below median) in the HCOL area I've ever lived in: the bay area. And... I'm qualified for pretty much any role.

I felt richer in the former scenario. It sucks now.

Let me tell you this: everywhere you go, there will be someone doing a cooler, more bullshit job than you do, and gets paid more for it.

The only thing that matters is you win *somehow*: your job isn't that hard, if it doesn't too pay well. OR. your job is cool, if it isn't too relevant. OR your job pays you well for that area of living. OR you have a reason for taking on that job such as learning a skillset. OR your job is easy to switch out from.

You get my drift.

And then, you wake up every day, and do that job till you no longer have to.

You know the more I use chatgpt the less impressed.

Dont think I'll waste time writing a client this time

Ps return my fucking code

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