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		YawningAngel on Feb 21, 2021 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: How computer programming became the worst choice o... I'm sure there's a small section of society for whom this statement is true, but I think most people of my generation in the UK take the American view that it's the money that counts. There are probably more extremely high-paid banking and lawyer jobs in the UK than there are programming jobs though

currymj on Feb 21, 2021 [–]

right, but why is that the case?

I honestly don’t know but it seems like some kind of different attitude towards technical work could be one explanation.

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