Your point about companies absorbing and mitigating risk, and doing lots of risk assessment, is one of the biggest issues missing from her consideration. It's v

Your point about companies absorbing and mitigating risk, and doing lots of risk assessment, is one of the biggest issues missing from her consideration. It's very simplistic to look at salaries from the standpoint of product delivery alone. One could argue that the larger the corporation, the more risk is diffused across the organisation. It's not simply about keeping the lights on at headquarters. It's also another reason why salaries are generally higher in the USA for the same programming job: pay is higher because risk is greater (stock market, investment, litigation, etc).