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There's abundant evidence that there are vast differences in the productivity of different programmers in the same company. Denying that doesn't make it untrue.
by morgante 11y ago
There's abundant evidence that there are vast differences in the productivity of different programmers in the same company. Denying that doesn't make it untrue.
The best way to punish the Bezos of the world is not to work for them. Which it seems like more and more people are—most of my friends wouldn't even consider a job at Amazon.
- ageofwant 11y agoI suspect that this is the case for any profession. I'd also wager that those productive individuals represent a small minority of the workforce. All things being equal I would like to see those individuals being paid "vastly" more than the average. I can assure you that a 10x more productive programmer is not paid 10x more.
- naasking 11y ago> There's abundant evidence that there are vast differences in the productivity of different programmers in the same company. That seems true for every type of job.
- morgante 11y agoActually the level of difference varies between jobs substantially. Many low-skill jobs exhibit little-to-no differentiation between workers (it's hard to be much more efficient as a security guard, for example).
- naasking 11y agoThat's only true if efficiency is your only metric, but that's not meanginful for all jobs. Certainly there will be an order of magnitude difference in effectiveness of some security guards over others.
- dikdik 11y agoWell the most productive programmers aren't paid as much as they are worth now. Do you think unionizing will further reduce their pay? I have a feeling not...