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Painfully starting to understand that this is why the greybeards either move to management or retire. It becomes increasingly precarious to justify your salary
by ramesh31 4y ago
Painfully starting to understand that this is why the greybeards either move to management or retire. It becomes increasingly precarious to justify your salary as an IC compared to people with less experience. Am I really 2x as productive as the saavy mid-level engineer with 5yrs experience on my team that makes half as much? Probably not.
- fdgsdfogijq 4y agoManagement at software companies know this, they just don't speak it outloud. The hiring decisions speak volumes. Top software companies will pay 300k for a 3 years of experience candidate, because the value that engineer creates is comparable to a ten years of experience candidate.
- sokoloff 4y agoThe answer there is level/competence-based, rather than years-of-experience based compensation structures. If you're only 50% more valuable than someone else, you should make ~50% more, not 100% more. Note that these figures are in total-cost-to-company terms, which might mean your own gross pay would be more than 50% higher if social and per-employee-overhead charges cap out. Part of the issue is people with 25 years of experience think they deserve more than someone with "only" 15 years and when they don't get it, it's because of ageism or age-discrimination not accurate assessment of value.
- mongol 4y agoI am 50. Between 40 and 50 I hardly changed a line of code for pay. I did other things, requirements, managment, coordination and stuff. Now I once more am developing. The 10 year break for me gave me new appetite for what I used to like but grew tired of. But to be honest, I have forgot a lot and need to be humble about it. But in other ways, I have experience and I can clearly tell my younger colleagues respect my judgement and opinions.