• Jakob Fel@retrolemmy.com
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    14 hours ago

    No, it’s that Valve reinvests their cut into improving the platform. Wild that devs can’t figure that out.

    • GreenKnight23@lemmy.world
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      13 hours ago

      devs aren’t smart people. talented, yes. smart, no.

      I worked with many devs making $100-200k a year and could barely afford their apartments because they were so spread thin financially. spending $100+ a day eating 3 meals a day out. “investment” in crypto scams. girlfriends(yes plural). $4k a month rent for apartments that are way too extravagant for someone who spends 80% of their time at the office. driving nice cars with monthly leases in the $2-3k range. living on credit cards.

      the only time I saw most of these guys get their shit together was when they got married.