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[deleted] t1_j9wkh16 wrote

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Most people here don’t know how valuable Meta has been to the tech industry. They are one of the reasons developers get paid amazingly well these days.

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Divided_World t1_j9x467c wrote

Curious about developers being paid well because of them. Can you elaborate at all?

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malevolent_keyboard t1_j9xg8ia wrote

Probably missing some details, but back in the early-mid 2000’s, most tech companies formed a not-so-secret-anymore pact to keep pay low for developers. Facebook was the only company who said “not interested” and paid SWE’s what all the companies knew they were worth. Then the other companies lost workers to Facebook for much higher pay and benefits, forcing those companies to follow suit. This was mostly Zuck’s doing.

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