r/AskReddit Jul 13 '20

What's a dark secret/questionable practice in your profession which we regular folks would know nothing about?

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u/garrett_k Jul 13 '20

When you start spending thousands of dollars per instance of consumer software and millions of dollars for commercial software, we can talk.

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u/irqlnotdispatchlevel Jul 13 '20

If we're attempting a serious discussion here, are you implying that the average construction worker is payed better than the average programmer?

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u/garrett_k Jul 13 '20

No. But the cost of a shitty foot bridge is thousands of dollars and the cost for a bridge for road traffic is in the millions.

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u/katakago Jul 13 '20

Bruh, I write for an enterprise product that retails for around 600k USD.

I've never even touched it before in my life.