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> Seems to me like these two customer groups want the exact opposite of the other. I disagree. Both sides want to [obtain/provide] work that is priced fairly.
by emteycz 5y ago
> Seems to me like these two customer groups want the exact opposite of the other.
I disagree. Both sides want to [obtain/provide] work that is priced fairly. Companies of the kind you see on levels.fyi are not trying to find the cheapest programmer around. They spend big bucks to get - and retain - the best.
- rsanek 5y agoWhile I'd agree that few companies are simply looking for the "cheapest," I think we've seen ample evidence that businesses will go to great lengths (even to the point of breaking the law [1]) to reduce salaries. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High-Tech_Employee_Antitrust_Litigation https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High-Tech_Employee_Antitrust_L...
- emteycz 5y ago2010 was a very different market compared to 2022. But of course, there is pressure. I'm confident the advantage is now in the hands of engineers, though. Today I had a job interview. The grinning face that a bunch of business people make when they finally find an engineer who would work for them is almost comical. I'm sure they started dancing as soon as the call ended. I did too, the money is out of this universe (not really for US people, but certainly from EU perspective). BTW: The whole scheme IMHO is a big fuck-you to the listed corporations, anyways (I'm not saying it's intended as such). The big companies used to demand (around 2010) that you never discuss your salary with your colleagues. There used to be weird machinations going on with salary negotiation. Surveying and then publicizing it and then taking money from the big corps for some of the data is like showing a middle finger.