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There is no war on tech talent. Or better to say, in Bay Area, there is a war to find an engineer with 15+ year experience for 80K/year. But if you pay a marke
by cHalgan 15y ago
There is no war on tech talent.
Or better to say, in Bay Area, there is a war to find an engineer with 15+ year experience for 80K/year. But if you pay a market price (meaning match what other companies pay), there will be no problem finding an engineer. Especially for startups. But if startup offers 80K/year and corporation X offers 120K/year + bonuses, ... you know
Maybe I'm outcast but I was told (and I believe it) that for a startup to get a good team it needs to pay market rate + stock options.
- GeorgeTirebiter 15y agoI think that's 100% correct. I have 25 years' experience and am employed making less today (in a startup) than I did then (also in a startup) in constant dollars. Is 25 years' experience worthless these days? (I didn't sit on my technical butt, and I'd give any kid today tough competition.) I'm tired of hearing about the shortage of kids going into STEM careers -- this just proves that the kids aren't stupid. If there were really a shortage of engineers, their salaries would increase; since salaries are not increasing....