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Probably he was still getting paid a lot? It is MSFT after all. I imagine that a certain kind of person, willing to write tooling and even get demoted for it,
by rtpg 4y ago
Probably he was still getting paid a lot? It is MSFT after all.
I imagine that a certain kind of person, willing to write tooling and even get demoted for it, is willing to stick around with a bit of a pay cut anyways.
- gpvos 4y agoWhat other interesting jobs are available in the region, how willing are you and your family to move, etc., so many factors.
- opencl 4y agoThe region is Seattle, I don't think there was a lack of other options if he really wanted to leave.
- tptacek 4y agoThe Microsoft of that time period was infamous for deliberately paying less than other tech giants.
- Wistar 4y agoAbsolutely true.
- tptacek 4y agoThey had an actual formula for it, and I'm forgetting what the number was. Like 80% of some metric of other tech giant comp?
- ThrowawayB7 4y ago66th percentile of the industry for equivalent positions is what was reported. Anybody who could get more than the 66th percentile elsewhere, more power to them. Anybody who thought that "66th percentile" meant they were being paid less than average, well, their departure was probably regarded as good attrition with a chuckle.