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It is a little bit more complicated than that. If the webapp can solve $5000/day problem but there is literally millions of people that can do this, you are ce
by lmilcin 6y ago
It is a little bit more complicated than that.
If the webapp can solve $5000/day problem but there is literally millions of people that can do this, you are certainly not getting a share of that. Somebody else is maybe going to be rewarded for spotting an opportunity but the most you get is a "market rate".
The only way you can get paid proportionally is if you are literally the only one that can solve the problem and you know it and they know you know it.
- Swizec 6y agoYes but that’s for the company to argue. Why would you help them lower your compensation? Your goal is to maximize the value delivered. Their goal is to minimize how much of the value you capture. You’ll find balance somewhere in the middle. And ultimately there’s only so much a company will pay if they can’t extract value out of your work. Regardless of how good you are.
- munk-a 6y agoI think this is where society comes into play - Ideally I'd like to see the company expend a large amount of that value into wages with only a proportion of that going to developers and the rest being eaten off as taxes that can be put toward social programs to help the less well off.
- Swizec 6y agoWe are in agreement. But if companies pay just market salary with no regard to value created, then they are not expending a large amount of value on wages :)