> So that engineer moves on and accepts a 40% raise elsewhere. The other thing you see is talented engineers moving into management even we they don't really w

> So that engineer moves on and accepts a 40% raise elsewhere. The other thing you see is talented engineers moving into management even we they don't really want to, so that they can get paid what they're worth. In some cases this is even worse than then the engineer leaving the company because, in addition to losing a good engineer, you often also gain a lousy manager.