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		I get paid more than Charles Dickens per word to write code (mrsteinberg.com)
		7 points by jimhi 4 months ago \| hide \| past \| favorite \| 1 comment

bell-cot 4 months ago [–]

Dickens was (in effect) paid up front to write prose.

Vs. -

> By the time of acquisition...

- which is more like "I was paid $$$$$ per digit to fill in the turned-out-to-be-winning numbers on my Lotto ticket betting slip".

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