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>"A good developer/SRE should basically be able to justify her expense and essentially write her own check, splitting the value capture with the host company. T
by bogomipz 9y ago
>"A good developer/SRE should basically be able to justify her expense and essentially write her own check, splitting the value capture with the host company. Things are way off and asymmetric in the current hiring practice."
I was curious what you meant by "splitting the value capture with the host company." Similarly I would be interested in where you see asymmetry in the hiring process.
- insomniacity 9y agoNot OP, but they likely meant that a developer or SRE can be a force multiplier that delivers value far in excess of salary and costs. For example, if I produce value to the company of 400k/year, whther that's in new development, or optimising/supporting existing systems, and they incur costs of 50k/year in hiring me, then the 350k is up for discussion in terms of the distribution between salary/bonus and remaining with the company to reflect risk and capital etc. That said, this calculation applies to most value-generating employees in most industries - techies, and HN in particular, are just more explicit in discussing it.