What I meant to say by "just producing code" was that he wasn't having much of an impact on people around him. He was producing a regular amount of good code. H

What I meant to say by "just producing code" was that he wasn't having much of an impact on people around him. He was producing a regular amount of good code. He just had been there forever. I agree completely that there's nothing wrong with managers making less money than people they're managing. The only reason I mentioned that he reported to me is because that's the only way I became aware of his salary.