The real question is why would smart competent people continue working under management with blatant ulterior motives that negatively affect them?

Why let their own credibility get dragged down for a second time, third time, fourth time, etc…?

The first time is understandable but not afterwards.

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pixelpoet a day ago | parent | next [-]

Astronomical salaries probably has something to do with it.

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MichaelZuo a day ago | parent [-]

Yeah that could convince smart competent people to grind their teeth and take a second chance under the same management.

But I don’t think a self respecting person would do that over and over.

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raincom a day ago | parent | next [-]

When people live in multi million dollar homes, self-respect doesn't pay monthly mortgage.

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teeray a day ago | parent | next [-]

So it's really not the astronomical salary, it's the astronomical debt.

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johnnyanmac a day ago | parent | next [-]

Yes and no. The compensation is a lot, but you're not necessarily able to just quit on a dime even if you live humbly. Interviewing takes weeks now and weeks more just to find a proper replacement. And salaries can fund you for months, bu t not years (let alone if you have a fammily)

I'll also say the obvious here in Sinclair's quote about salaries: you can indeed pay for someone's self respect.

	▲	MichaelZuo a day ago \| parent [-]
		This would imply most of these types of positions are filled with less competent people willing to package and sell their self respect alongside their time? (Thus commanding a rate similar to a more competent person who doesn’t package it to sell.)

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BeFlatXIII 13 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

Astronomical debt caused by astronomical real estate inflation.

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mschuster91 a day ago | parent | prev [-]

Joke is, most of these homes aren't worth anywhere close to their paper value.

Cy Porter's home inspection videos... jeez. How these "builders" are still in business is mind-blowing to me (as a German). Here? Some of that shit he shows would lead to criminal charges for fraud.

	▲	raincom a day ago \| parent [-]
		The land is worth more than the structure in these areas.

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jrochkind1 a day ago | parent | prev | next [-]

You may be over-estimating how many people are self-respecting?

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lazide a day ago | parent | prev [-]

Depends on the paycheck.

People will do crazy things for just $100. Including literally get fucked in the ass by a stranger.

7 figures? Ho boy. They’ll use way fancier words though for that.

	▲	ordu 17 hours ago \| parent \| next [-]
		There is an old Russian joke, that goes like this: A man approaches a girl and asks, "Would you sleep with me for $1 million?” She responds, “Yes, of course!” Excited, he then asks, “What about for $1?” She indignantly replies, “Who do you think I am?” To which he responds, “We already established who you are; now we’re just discussing the price.” I think it fits there. There is surprising amount of people believing that they have some Values, but just to a point when they were offered to sell them for a right price.
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darth_avocado a day ago | parent | prev | next [-]

In today’s market it’s mostly because of the lack of other options to earn a livelihood

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tikhonj a day ago | parent | prev | next [-]

There's a high switching cost with substantial information asymmetry. Good places are hard to find in some absolute sense and it's hard to evaluate whether a new team is actually going to be good or not. And even if you do find a good team, there's no guarantee it'll last past the next reorg.

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zem a day ago | parent | prev | next [-]

serious answer - you find a team with a good direct manager who handles all the upward interactions themselves, and then you basically work for that manager, rather than for the company.

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p_v_doom 18 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

Rent wont pay itself. Switching jobs has costs.