I started to notice this trend where tech workers get shat on when ChatGPT became popular, with people claiming that it was the end for developers because apparently they could easily be replaced by AI despite the fact that if that was the case, many other jobs would be easily replaced as well.
If my perception is accurate and this resentment is not a product of my imagination then I find it silly considering that there are other careers where many people are way more highly paid than FAANG engineers (lawyers, doctors, some salespeople) yet no one seems to be mad at them.
To contrast tech workers against working class, and redirect resentment. It's not billionaires that turned the system against working class. It's the nerds at Google that make six figures, duh.
Judging by the reactions, including the many HN threads on the topic, many are outraged. No doubt because this could spell longer lines at the $17 grilled cheese food truck during lunch.
Package delivery drivers are certainly highly skilled and trained and it's great that they're getting high compensation, but part of me thinks that this is mostly the leading indicator of an inflation wave that will eventually push tech salaries into the half-mil range. Time will tell.
$170k for driving a giant vehicle, navigating crowded streets, dropping of dozens of packages each day is very fair. It's a critical, difficult job that helps the world function.
$300k for actively getting kids and adults addicted to dopamine hits and clickbait and SaaSifying everything is the real problem.
