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This is awesome. Equal pay for equal work is fair and just. An effective interview process and leveling system will be extremely important. If an engineer from

This is awesome. Equal pay for equal work is fair and just. An effective interview process and leveling system will be extremely important. If an engineer from SF really is so much better than one from Cleveland or Bangalore, the hiring manager needs to be able to assess them accurately and start them at the right levels for their abilities.

shric 4y ago
If only accurate assessment of abilities before start was the slightest bit feasible.
havelhovel 4y ago
Is it really fair and just, though? Is it fair, for example, for a business financed with Silicon Valley money, leveraging Californian infrastructure, enjoying US legal protections, to offer Americans a wage that only meets the needs of developers in Nigeria or Bosnia? If my money doesn't go as far in the US as it would in India, I'm being penalized for simply being born in the wrong place. Who do you think will take these jobs? In my opinion this is woke-washed outsourcing, and US-based developers should be boycotting any business that does this.
- barry-cotter 4y ago
  > If my money doesn't go as far in the US as it would in India, I'm being penalized for simply being born in the wrong place. If you get paid more purely because you were born in the US and not India you’re being unfairly enriched for being born in the right place.
  - havelhovel 4y ago
    Since you only responded to one sentence in my comment, it appears as though you've missed the point. You certainly haven't convinced me I'm wrong.
mxstbr 4y ago
We are internally publishing levels and sub-levels with explicit skills & traits for each.
ec109685 4y ago
Same for everyone in every town or just software engineers? Should a mechanic be paid the same no matter if they live in Wichita or San Francisco? Should landlords also be paid the same no matter where they are supplying housing for renters?

shric 4y ago

If only accurate assessment of abilities before start was the slightest bit feasible.

havelhovel 4y ago

Is it really fair and just, though? Is it fair, for example, for a business financed with Silicon Valley money, leveraging Californian infrastructure, enjoying US legal protections, to offer Americans a wage that only meets the needs of developers in Nigeria or Bosnia? If my money doesn't go as far in the US as it would in India, I'm being penalized for simply being born in the wrong place. Who do you think will take these jobs? In my opinion this is woke-washed outsourcing, and US-based developers should be boycotting any business that does this.

barry-cotter 4y ago
> If my money doesn't go as far in the US as it would in India, I'm being penalized for simply being born in the wrong place. If you get paid more purely because you were born in the US and not India you’re being unfairly enriched for being born in the right place.
- havelhovel 4y ago
  Since you only responded to one sentence in my comment, it appears as though you've missed the point. You certainly haven't convinced me I'm wrong.

mxstbr 4y ago

We are internally publishing levels and sub-levels with explicit skills & traits for each.

ec109685 4y ago

Same for everyone in every town or just software engineers? Should a mechanic be paid the same no matter if they live in Wichita or San Francisco? Should landlords also be paid the same no matter where they are supplying housing for renters?