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cageface on Nov 13, 2011 | parent | context | favorite | on: Why do Programmers get paid less than Project Mana...

The truth is a lot of programming is just gluing existing systems together or coding routine CRUD apps. Ironically, those jobs seem to be relatively highly paid.

impendia on Nov 13, 2011 [–]

I think many people who could do these jobs very well would rather be doing something else. Therefore supply is low and demand is high.

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