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"... programmers are easily bribed by giving them the coolest, latest stuff. This is a far cheaper way to get them to work for you than actually paying competit
by hello_moto 8y ago
"... programmers are easily bribed by giving them the coolest, latest stuff. This is a far cheaper way to get them to work for you than actually paying competitive salaries!"
Past time (20 years ago) programmers yes. Today's programmers? No.
The Math is very simple: if a company throws a lot of money, I can buy the latest coolest stuff for the next 10 years.
I doubt programmer is that gullible (otherwise they're probably a "Yes" man).
- mlthoughts2018 8y agoYou'd be surprised. Many programmers don't negotiate, don't ask for severance or bonuses or better acceleration/vesting terms etc., feel afraid to be rejected after completing interviews, and a lot of people end up working for far lower pay than they could have otherwise gotten. I've known a lot of people who joined start-ups because they were promised various things (freedom to work on X, guarantee of publishing research, attending conferences, etc.) and then 6 months later they feel miserable that they accepted lower pay and none of the promises turned out to be true (sometimes through no intentional fault of the start-up founders, but sometimes through complete bait and switch shenanigans). The risk that start-ups won't follow through on ambiguous work promises is super high, yet people keep falling for it year after year.
- gaius 8y agoPast time (20 years ago) programmers yes. Today's programmers? No. The economics of hardware are very different now. In the 90s you might have a SPARCstation or an SGI on your desk at work, amazing gear you could never have afforded for yourself. Now you can easily buy a home PC that’s better than any corporate model. I’m sure it’s still true in some industries, 3D printing maybe, but not in software anymore.