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Some of this seems the inevitable fate of all large tech companies. Apple / Amazon / etc compensates highly to retain engineering talent -> overweight tech sal
by ethbro 9y ago
Some of this seems the inevitable fate of all large tech companies.
Apple / Amazon / etc compensates highly to retain engineering talent -> overweight tech salaries -> engineers burning out / leaving for more interesting startup opportunities -> successful startups being reacquired
Unfortunately, doesn't work so well for things like operating system codebases (NeXTSTEP acquisition aside).
- brian-armstrong 9y agoI'm not sure the salaries have anything to do with it, and I vaguely recall Apple being middle of the pack there anyway. I think it's more about appealing to peoples' ambitions and desire to be recognized in this case. Imagine if a VP of Engineering addressed you directly to 'make a big impact' on the company's new secret product. Many engineers would want to impress this person, consequences be damned.