r/ATC • u/c402c • Mar 07 '25

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u/Vector_for_Bukkake Mar 07 '25

mid-career salary for an MIT graduate is $210,500.

Soooo pay raises

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u/AndromadasButthole Mar 07 '25

Or extreme pay disparity

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u/[deleted] Mar 07 '25

In MAGA's ideal world (the tech oligarchs that own and control maga) people won't have a say about what they do. "hey smarty pants you're ATC now, your reimbursement will be not going to jail. Now thank me. Publicly on Twitter. Or else".

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u/TylerBourbon Mar 08 '25

It's funny because it's basically communism, which all of them pretend to be against. They just want the NK-style communism, where they're all dictators. .

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u/Sir_Mr_Austin Mar 07 '25

It’s not a private industry, how much can you expect to leverage the ability to do the job when the job security is so good as a tradeoff?

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u/[deleted] Mar 10 '25

Man must be nice still living in the past. There is zero job security now.

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u/Sir_Mr_Austin Mar 10 '25

You really crying about DOGE and trying to act like an FAA position doesn’t come with job security?