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> Sometimes I wonder why companies even pay developers so much in the US.

Presenteeism.

The office "has to" be in Silicon Valley. The employees "have to" be in that office, in an open plan, so the manager can physically see them working. Therefore they have to be paid huge wages to compete against the other employers doing the same.



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When they are taxed to death on lower base wager, it is expected some to be apathetic. The saying is "they pretend to pay us, we pretend to work".




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