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> That's why they are willing to compete for competent engineers.

The skyrocketing wages for engineers are because until recently, tech companies were illegally conspiring to not compete for competent engineers.

giblaz on Sept 28, 2020 [–]

Yep, the compensation has been lagging compared to the money it's been generating.

C1sc0cat on Sept 28, 2020 | [–]

And I would argue that engineering compared to other professions has always been lower paid.

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