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US tech wages are insanely inflated compared to, well, everywhere.
I hate this crab in a bucket framing. It's so anti-working person. Why isn't it that wages are insanely deflated compared to the US?
I'm not saying either is right or wrong, it's just an observation.
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Off topic: what are you enjoying lately? Most of the games I have bought work on switch 1 but the screen and controls on the switch 2 are better. I regret buying caravan sandwitch because it's so hard to see with my aging eyes but it is nice to play it anywhere. Always curious to hear what others enjoy about it to help me have less regret in my $600 investment in Mario kart
Pokemon Pokopia has been a surprise hit in our house, I have two kids, but I got into it and spent a ton of time making a perfect little Pokemon village. My kids really enjoy Tomodachi Life: Living the Dream. It's really silly but they make all their friends and have them get married and read the news and it's just peak Nintendo goofiness. My kids have also gotten a little older so the mainline Pokemon games have bec…
That's very cool. They don't say whether or not it's retroactive, though (I'll bet not). I am astounded at some of the starting salaries, these days. Kids, right out of school, make more than I ever did, at the peak of my career. And can't afford a house. My father never made more than about $40K, but had a house in Potomac, two cars, and a stay-at-home wife. Money ain't what it used to be.
Earlier quoted context omitted.
US tech wages are insanely inflated compared to, well, everywhere.
I hate this crab in a bucket framing. It's so anti-working person. Why isn't it that wages are insanely deflated compared to the US?
Great thing about Nintendo is unlike its competitors, they don't go around chasing new tech and business models. All their focus is concentrated on the playing experience - interfacing, fun value, guilt-free hooks etc. In many ways they are more a classic toymaker than a tech firm. This is the reason why they have such a strong following, their product at least is not run by MBAs chasing every chance at a point incre…
I recently heard that a trip to Popeye's for a family of 3 recently cost $68 in Florida. In Japan, there's a big issue when a snack raises its price 2 cents (3 yen - source: https://finance.yahoo.com/news/japanese-snack-company-apolog... ) The country for better or worse seems to be frozen in time - salaries have not caught up with the heady levels of SV (or even Europe) but neither have rents or prices for common go…
In the same way you can "break" the laws of thermodynamics by getting every atom to move in the same direction at the same time, you can "break" the laws of economics by getting every person to make the same illogical choice at the same time.
This does not apply to Nintendo of America, which famously does underpay in the Redmond, WA area and well.. I hear has trouble truly attracting talent in the first place.
US tech wages are insanely inflated compared to, well, everywhere.
I thought it is common in big companies to raise salaries by x% every year?
Great thing about Nintendo is unlike its competitors, they don't go around chasing new tech and business models. All their focus is concentrated on the playing experience - interfacing, fun value, guilt-free hooks etc. In many ways they are more a classic toymaker than a tech firm. This is the reason why they have such a strong following, their product at least is not run by MBAs chasing every chance at a point incre…
Don't forget their patent trolling, e.g. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43059215 and general IP related bullying.