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Salaries are increasing slowly in London due to the realities of market competition, but not as fast as they should be. I think it is important to note that inv
by Qasaur 7y ago
Salaries are increasing slowly in London due to the realities of market competition, but not as fast as they should be. I think it is important to note that investors and indeed managers/founders tend to erroneously focus on quantity over quality when it comes to engineers. Instead of paying two very good senior engineers 200k each, they think they can get away with the same quality and quantity of work by hiring four mediocre or entry-level engineers at 50k each, saving 200k.
I suspect this is because they consider the work that an engineer does as auxiliary in nature and that Taylorist presumptions can be applied to them (modern day factory workers).
- chrisseaton 7y agoGood explanation!
- mstade 7y ago> I suspect this is because they consider the work that an engineer does as auxiliary in nature and that Taylorist presumptions can be applied to them (modern day factory workers). I have an anecdote that somewhat fits your point. An old colleague of mine told me he was alone in the office one night, working away at something when the director of the program walks in and sort of surveys the open plan office and empty desks. He walks around and starts talking – ostensibly to the colleague but possibly to himself – about Henry Ford and the assembly line. He made the point that he was some sort of modern day Ford and that these desks were his assembly line. It really motivated my colleague to avoid working unpaid overtime, so something good came out of it at least.
- Benjammer 7y agoI mean, Andy Grove is treated like a prophet in SV, and his main thing is treating everything like assembly line work.
- contingencies 7y agoHe's definitely riffing on the egos with a 'managers add superior value' vibe. For the record, he's originally Hungarian.
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