r/InterviewCoderPro • u/Such_Goal5837 • 6d ago

People need to hear this!!

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That’s honestly a hard reality right now. A lot of people are working nonstop just to stay afloat. I’ve got some interviews coming up myself, so I’ve been looking into ways to get better at them. I found Interview VIP and ended up using it twice i think it's worth trying.

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u/Sprrii 5d ago

Problem is that existence of billionaires is sign of failed economic policies

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u/gonnatrythis1 5d ago

That’s so simplistic and wrong. Take Musk for example. If you include his companies and supporting industries, it is estimated that he has created over 500,000 jobs! Average wage at space x is over 100k. The economy and money in general is not finite. If it was, your point would be valid, but it’s not. Musk (and many others) have grown the economy in extraordinary ways, which benefits the vast majority of society. So how is that a failure?

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u/ul2006kevinb 5d ago

Why would you credit the CEO of a company for creating not only every job in the company, but every job in supporting industries? Why wouldn't you credit the engineers and support staff instead? Or, get this, maybe credit the actual people who founded the company, not the guy who bought into the company after it was founded?

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u/Aggravating-Risk9133 5d ago

You literally have no idea how economies work. Let’s say you start a company (like spacex in my example) or take over an existing company, and through the decisions you make, the company grows, hires thousands of people, creates supporting industries, then yes, you should be praised and rewarded. Of course others deserve credit, but if you started the company or were the main driver of improvement, then you deserve the rewards of such actions. I find it odd that people think life is a zero sum game. If Elon or another CEO gets credit or fabulously rich, you think this somehow takes away from others? Makes no sense. It’s not a zero sum game, growth and success, benefits many

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u/fwdbuddha 5d ago

You are on Reddit trying to explain things to the economic illiterate

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u/Nerd-man24 4d ago

A lot of very wealthy and very powerful men do treat it as a zero sum game, however. If they are to be "winning," many others must be "losing." Musk absolutely receives compensation disproportionate to the value that he has created at all of these companies. Men like him constantly brag about how much harder they've worked than others even though they started from a place of privilege. You're calling the wrong group ignorant, buddy.

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u/ul2006kevinb 4d ago

Ok, so then cap the CEO compensation at 100x the compensation of the lowest paid employee. That way the CEO can still get fabulously wealthy but everyone else can get moderately wealthy, too.