Comment by suddenlybananas
4 days ago
If teachers made as much as half the people on this site, perhaps things would be better. 90k in San Ramon is more or less the median wage [1]. It's not _that_ much money.
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/San_Ramon,_California#2020_cen...
Who knows? Maybe with the way AI is going that will be considered a lot of money compared to what people earn on this site.
As in what people generally earn on this site will crash way down and be outsourced to these models. I'm already seeing it personally from a social perspective - as a SWE most people I know (inc teachers in my circle) look at me like my days are numbered "cause of AI".
When I said government employees make above market, I didn't mean for the general area average.. I meant for the work they do.
Should a city landscape truck driver make $250k because his truck drives around a rich town? No, he should make what other people in this kind of industry make.