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It honestly shocks me the degree to which some software developers are able to live with a complete lack of self-awareness. Developers absolutely rant about product managers giving any sort of technical feedback, and yet they're perfectly willing to act as if they should be included in corporate level business strategy.

I don't mean all software developers, but it's a common refrain on this forum.

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The thing about developers, and "tech" people in general, is that they're prone to believing they're smarter than everyone else. I'm not sure why that misguided notion persists in our culture, but it does.

Convince me otherwise. There is a reason why developers make how much they do despite most developers not having the social skills to negotiate aggressively for good comp.

> There is a reason why developers make how much they do...

The reason is that they're temporarily in demand. Ask the people who were around during the dot-com bust how much the average programmer was valued then.

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