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		UncleMeat on May 11, 2022 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Tech Salaries in 2022: Why the Six Figure Pay Make... Some of them are. Google and Apple make stupendous profits. Uber loses money every quarter. But they pay similarly.

dymk on May 11, 2022 [–]

They have to, or they couldn’t recruit talent. The bar has been set - companies can pay eng high salaries and still be incredibly profitable.

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