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pyb on Feb 17, 2021 | parent | context | favorite | on: Why did I leave Google or, why did I stay so long?

Being an IC is very hard if you want to do the job well. The risks are also underappreciated (massive burnout, etc). It should be compensated fairly.

waheoo on Feb 20, 2021 [–]

Agreed, I suspect were massively underpaid but companies get away with it because we're also love what we do and are easily take advantage of when we're young and naive

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