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> It's all putting good for yourself over good for your customer and good for your employer. Wouldn't this not happen if the employers just paid more? From wh
by Zababa 5y ago
> It's all putting good for yourself over good for your customer and good for your employer.
Wouldn't this not happen if the employers just paid more? From what I understand, people do resume-driven development because they want to work at a place that will pay more at some point.
- lytefm 5y agoFair point. There was a discussion about an article asking why companies don't pay their Developers more to stay recently [1]. If I was maintaining some decades-old legacy code and knew that my employer will most likely still be around and pay me a competitive salary for the rest of my life, I wouldn't mind just mastering COBOL. But most companies go bust or lay off developers at some point, so keeping yourself employable by working with the latest tech stack is unfortunately quite a necessity. [1] https://marker.medium.com/why-dont-tech-companies-pay-their-engineers-to-stay-b9c7e4b751e9 https://marker.medium.com/why-dont-tech-companies-pay-their-...
- Zababa 5y agoThat's what I've heard too, that most COBOL jobs don't pay that much and have been outsourced. > If I was maintaining some decades-old legacy code and knew that my employer will most likely still be around and pay me a competitive salary for the rest of my life, I wouldn't mind just mastering COBOL. That is how I feel too. In fact I'd prefer working on something that really lasts compared to the latest fad. But the differences in salary make this a difficult choices.