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Carnegie Mellon SCS grads are tops in salary, says nerdwallet

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Re: Carnegie Mellon SCS grads are tops in salary, says nerdwallet

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Because he looks at it as a waste of human potential. Most rational humans are disturbed by as much.

That's very debatable. While you may think that people working big companies are wasting their potential, those working there might think the same for people at startups. Let's explore a counter-argument: At a big company you get incredible leverage for the work you do. Most large companies (Google, Apple, Microsoft, Amazon, etc.) don't bother with a few thousand clients. Your work goes out to millions. That's quite…

Please read my response to jsprinkles.

Re: Carnegie Mellon SCS grads are tops in salary, says nerdwallet

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Not working at a startup is a waste of human potential? You're going to have to elaborate on that, as that's extraordinarily disrespectful to pretty much everybody else in computing.

The statement was speculation on the op'viewpoint, not an assertion regarding human potential.

That isn't how your comment reads, particularly taking into account the second sentence.
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