The lamentation that engineers are "paid too much" is about prohibitive housing....

		closeparen on April 8, 2020 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Startups are pummeled in the ‘great unwinding’ The lamentation that engineers are "paid too much" is about prohibitive housing. If you consider engineering compensation in terms of the lifestyle it buys rather than the nominal dollar values, it's a pretty normal college-educated middle class living.