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chaostheory

It’s probably more accurate to say wasted hours. Aren’t we all salaried and not hourly?

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I wish we were all salary.

I drive 85 minutes one direction to work a $25/hr helpdesk job right now.

Barely making ends meet. Gas + car maintenance is killing me slowly.

Generalizing an entire population, not everyone is salary in the world.

consider the audience of HN

Not only are there non-salaried workers on HN, that is also a narrow view of the world.

Checking in as a non-salaried worker on HN, who has been on HN for years and worked a variety of non-salaried jobs - technical and non-technical.

It’s a safe assumption given the following

1. HN users are not “everyone in the world”

2. Compared to the normal population, software engineers, near equivalent tech professionals, and people working in the sciences or medical industry disproportionately represent most of HN users based on the content being posted.

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