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It's none of those things, Staff role in an American fintech company

> American fintech

I hear that they capture your soul in a banker's box now, but in the 1990s it used to be a 3-ring binder, is that still true?

Are you just bitter that someone would earn so much? Why are you being so snide and nasty to this person sharing their compensation? We all benefit from that.

> Are you just bitter that someone would earn so much?

…no?

Look, anyone who admits they’re working for fintech is fair-game for punch-upwards jokes, regardless of their total-comp. I’d be cracking jokes about their soulessness even if they said they were working for a minimum-wage job in the sector.

It’s only slightly less disgusting than admitting you work for the Trump Organisation or Scientology.

Where do you draw the line. Would you maintain such ire for someone that worked at, say, mastercard? Unarguably 'fintech', but almost everyone would agree that efficient global transaction networks provide a lot of utility..

> Where do you draw the line.

Arbitrarily and hypocritically. This is the internet, after all.

> punch-upwards

> minimum-wage job in the sector

I don't think that means what you think it means.

> Look, anyone who admits they’re working for fintech is fair-game

I'd love to take a few cracks at you! Nothing better than a good insult.

> punch-upwards jokes

> It’s only slightly less disgusting than admitting you work for the Trump Organisation or Scientology

Ah, damn, sorry. I understand your situation now. I won't make any jokes as that would be punching down. Morally, I simply can't.

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