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No One is Really Working: Justifying the High Salaries of Early-Career Professionals

2025-03-24 No One is Really Working Justifying the High Salaries of Early-Career Professionals The following are anecdotes of a typical work schedule for young professionals in established, tracked professions. Following these profiles, I provide explanations for why young professionals command such high compensation, relative to what their work product would indicate. Adam: SWE at a gaming company Adam has been a SWE for four years. He first started coding when he was a young boy and quickly found that he had a knack for solving puzzles. He always loved video games and was excited to learn th

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