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My theory that dev compensation is bimodal is that there are really two kinds of software engineering jobs. One is where you are a cost center where you get pa
by zitterbewegung 6y ago
My theory that dev compensation is bimodal is that there are really two kinds of software engineering jobs.
One is where you are a cost center where you get paid around $50k.
Another is when you aren't as much which is the ~$100k.
- ghaff 6y agoI'd be surprised if there were a mode as low as $50K (which is less than median US household income)given that implies that salaries as low as $40K or even $30K aren't uncommon. And if you move that mode up to $70K or so, it's going to start to get hard to distinguish the two modes. I don't disagree with your basic point. I just think there's likely to be enough variance in both categories that they may not resolve themselves into clear modes such as seem to exist in law, for example.
- zitterbewegung 6y agoI think trimodal is possible but the classification gets any higher then you will get a more flat distribution