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One thing I didn't see mentioned. What if the team simply lacks interesting work? If the team stamps out CRUD websites and the manager has somehow become convin
by dunkelheit 10y ago
One thing I didn't see mentioned. What if the team simply lacks interesting work? If the team stamps out CRUD websites and the manager has somehow become convinced that the team needs "great" developers, he or she will have trouble hiring even if the pay is competitive.
- rhizome 10y agoCompensate with pay, and "boring" means paying more than "competitive." If it's just cranking stuff out like an assembly line, then maybe the developers should receive a commission structure.
- dunkelheit 10y agoSeems reasonable, but does anyone actually think like this? "Okay, we do fairly boring stuff here, so we must compensate with pay to attract good developers". Rather, the opposite rhetoric is prevalent: "Groundbreaking! Disruptive! We need passionate developers! Prepare to take a pay cut in exchange for a chance of changing the world."
- mattkrause 10y agoFinance kinda does that. You're not curing cancer or anything, but you certainly are getting paid.
- imtringued 10y agoIf it's interesting then you will see a lot more people applying. If you find adequate developers you generally pick the cheapest one. Therefore more interesting work has a lower compensation relative to how much value you create for the company.