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You must have missed the recent news about Simon Peyton Jones leaving Microsoft for Epic Games[0], then. [0] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29131996 http

• efficax 5y ago
  Staff moves at that level are a lot different than your average joe, huge paychecks involved and lots of insulation from the product org
  • merlincorey 5y ago
    Are you suggesting the primary reason SPJ moved to Epic Games is because they offered him more money than Microsoft? Reading the message from SPJ[0] seems to indicate he is excited for the people and projects he will be working on as well as being given the freedom to continue working on education, functional programming research, and continuing to work in the Haskell ecosystem. Of course large amounts of money are involved for an engineer of SPJ's renown and experience - that requirement exists for any company that want's SPJ's time. [0] https://discourse.haskell.org/t/an-epic-future-for-spj/3573 https://discourse.haskell.org/t/an-epic-future-for-spj/3573
    • efficax 5y ago
      That's what I mean by insulation. Bagging a "famous" engineer is a political and PR move and they get a lot of freedom to define the role, something that most of us can't do
      • merlincorey 5y ago
        Every one of us can negotiate and hold out for what is important to us -- sure, SPJ may have more leverage than most of us, but it's not required to be at that level to be able to find a place with freedom if that's what you are looking for.