Comment by rapind
3 years ago
Any white collar job looks better than McDonalds. It’s a ridiculous comparison.
I could say McDonalds workers don’t know how easy they have it. They should try picking fruit as a seasonal immigrant, because it will make them love working at McDonalds.
> picking fruit as a seasonal immigrant
And those seasonal immigrant fruit pickers don't know how easy the have it. They should try being kidnapping victims chained in a basement, waiting to be tortured to death by an axe-wielding maniac.
That's the problem with "you can't complain, somebody else has it worse" - I can always think of somebody who has it worse.
I'd argue being kidnapped and chained to the wall is software engineering. Our handcuffs are just gold
> Any white collar job looks better than McDonalds. It’s a ridiculous comparison.
I've had a colleague who was paid worse as a software engineer than his previous job as a McDonald's burger flipper. I also have software engineer friends who were paid minimum wage as software engineers.
I learned from that that having a high-value skill means nothing if you're not willing to take action to extract that value.