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But do they actually learn? Or ignore the sunk cost of living in the Bay Area and proceed to drink another flavor?

I think cost of living in so high that many have no choice but to drink the koolaid. Software engineers in the US gets paid the highest in the world. The price for it is to become a part of the culture. It's sad, but how else will they be able to afford having a family?

This is very interesting and reminds me of Shadowrun.

Basically these people are living in a cocoon. They get a nice house and salary but in exchange the corporation gets their body and soul.

Live…somewhere…else?

That's not a realistic solution for many people with families.

You just said SWEs are some of the highest paying positions in the US. Not to mention many are able to work fully remote. It should be feasible that even with a family they can move.

If you move away then it becomes difficult to justify the high pay.

If you move away and persist with the high pay and excessive resource acquisition, then congrats- you've just entered the category of being another needlessly greedy human, like Mollusk.

But working 12 hours a day is ?

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