No One Is Working
17 days ago
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- #AI
- #career
- Early-career professionals like Adam (SWE), Brenda (Writer), and Carl (Consultant) often have high salaries despite seemingly low work output.
- Possible reasons for high compensation include outlier productivity, breakthrough innovations, talent retention, downside risk mitigation, societal incentives, systemic status schemes, and intergenerational wealth redistribution.
- AI tools are increasingly used in professional work, raising questions about the durability of current compensation rationales in the context of AI advancements.