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		michaelochurch on Oct 1, 2012 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Telling people to leave finance I had to break it to you, but a lot of these cons apply to 99% of all software jobs, especially promotions being based on perceptions rather than skill or talent, stressful support, and bad luck if you're hired into the wrong team. Programming is awesome, but 99% of the software industry is a toilet. Finance at least pays for your suffering in cash you can spend rather than lottery tickets.

pgeorgi on Oct 1, 2012 [–]

"Finance at least pays for your suffering in cash you can spend rather than lottery tickets." As do most other non-startup companies.

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