> Tech does not pay for experience. Nor should it. You should be payed for the type of work you do and there is only so much an individual contributor can do.

> Tech does not pay for experience. Nor should it. You should be payed for the type of work you do and there is only so much an individual contributor can do. However, at big companies, there are many levels and compensation ranges by a factor of 10 from the lowest level to the highest. You can make those big pay bumps but you have to perform at the required skills for the next level for which there are only so many available positions. And from what I have experienced, while individuals can stall in their career progression if they don't pursue the responsibilities required for the next level, the higher ups are extremely correlated with experience.