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How much you get paid is a function of your perceived value and your employers budget. Age can affect the former, but only if you let it.
by teej 17y ago
How much you get paid is a function of your perceived value and your employers budget. Age can affect the former, but only if you let it.
- patio11 17y agoDon't forget "negotiating skill", which on a thousands-of-dollars-per-minute-of-effort-expended basis is probably the most valuable thing you'll learn in your life. Many young engineers a few years out of college haven't learn fundamentals like "It is OK to say 'No' and ask for more money. That's how the game works. It isn't being 'greedy' or 'a difficult person'."
- encoderer 17y agoThis is the kind of new age crap that made that article nearly unreadable. How much you get paid is a function of the market. Period. Because the job market works pretty efficiently in large cities. If there's an equally skilled developer of equal "perceived value" (whatever that means) whose willing to work for less than you are, you are going to have trouble maintaining a delta over the long run. And given that... yes, there are definitely 22 year olds worth, even $200/hr. But the percentage of 22 year old developers worth $200/hr is far less than the percentage of 32 year old's worth $200/hr. And if you question that... listen, it's abotu wisdom. Wisdom is difficult, it takes time. If wisdom was just about learning, we'd call it "knowledge." It's about learning and life experience. There are 40 year olds without wisdom, but show me a wise 20 year old and I'll show you a guy who stands alone, head and shoulders above his peers.