• Photonic@lemmy.world
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    13 hours ago

    The point is that they’re paid much worse than the C-suite who reap the benefits of other people’s hard work.

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      13 hours ago

      The c suite isn’t in the example, but I wonder how many executives are engineers or scientists. But if an engineer is doctor enters the c suite, do they stop being engineers or doctors

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        4 hours ago

        Yes? If you stop doing engineering work, then you’re not a practicing engineer.

        (Unfortunately) you don’t get paid for the work you put in, or else there’d be UBI. You only get paid for what you do, and sometimes not even that.

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        12 hours ago

        They are 100% in the example, but rather implicitly than explicitly.

        And the engineer or scientists C-suite are probably a small minority. Most are business majors.

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        12 hours ago

        In terms of their skillset? Probably not immediately (skills may deteriorate due to lack of use over time). In terms of what they will be doing as part of the job, and how they use their skillset? To a certain degree, I would say yes.