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I read this on progit once and it has stuck with me: "If you can go across the street and get a 25% raise, then you're worth a 25% raise to your current employe
by aonic 18y ago
I read this on progit once and it has stuck with me: "If you can go across the street and get a 25% raise, then you're worth a 25% raise to your current employer."
Of course, this is not always true. The other company might have a use for one of your skills that your current position doesn't make use of.
- marcus 18y agoTrue, but on the other hand you've accumulated a ton of company specific knowledge, familiarity with the codebase and so on. And usually the exact skills are less important than the innate prowess of the programmer.