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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Homicidal_Squirrel" data-source="post: 6204884" data-attributes="member: 6750031">EE covered that. Both E and Jet have given good and lengthy explanations. The short answer is that life isn't fair. Not all people are nice and/or caring. Companies are more interested in making a profit.On a related note, last week I heard a segment on NPR about STEM education and careers, and how this shortage of qualified applicants was actually a myth. According to the guy who they had on, we don't have a shortage of qualified applicants for tech jobs. What we have is a shortage of qualified applicants for tech jobs that are willing to take garbage pay. So these tech companies cry about not having enough people to hire and having to hire people from other countries. The truth is that they don't want to pay good wages, so instead they'll hire out workers from countries were $28K/year is seen as a fortune. During the interview, the guest said there were some stats showing that on average, tech workers only have about 15 years worth of employment. After that they get replaced by younger and cheaper workers.The moral of the story? Start your own company. It sucks working for other people. If you want to make a lot of money, working for someone else is not going to get you there.</blockquote>