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When did the definition of "market rate" become "what the top 20% of engineers make"? The "if" in your second statement is a big one, because the majority of e
by vonmoltke 8y ago
When did the definition of "market rate" become "what the top 20% of engineers make"? The "if" in your second statement is a big one, because the majority of engineers can't just get a job at one of those companies.
- electrograv 8y agoWe may be talking past one another / misunderstanding. My apologies for my post’s vagueness: I was specifically talking about these “top-20% engineers”. Because — A lot of the time when you see a company complaining about how difficult it is to hire “good engineers”, when you look closer, what you’ll really see is manager(s) (in denial) who really want to hire top-20% engineers at bargain rates.
- vonmoltke 8y agoThat I can agree with. They are also frequently companies who don't need top-20% engineers, either.