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What if you have Steve who is a brilliant C programmer, better even than Jane, but autistic and so unable to negotiate a better salary than either Bob or Jane?
by hotpotamus 4y ago
What if you have Steve who is a brilliant C programmer, better even than Jane, but autistic and so unable to negotiate a better salary than either Bob or Jane? Would you find it ethical to pay him less?
- _8j50 4y agoYeah, I do. He still gets hired and shows off his talent, if you don't give him a bug raise to keep him he might look for another job and someone else might look at his resume from the work he did for you and pay him what he deserves. I am speaking as someone that is terrible at negotiating or even talking to strangers.
- hotpotamus 4y agoAnd you are OK with colleagues who are inferior programmers but better negotiators getting paid more than you?
- rdtwo 4y agoI mean that’s business. Are you ok with superior products being priced less than expensive inferior ones?
- hotpotamus 4y agoI usually have no idea what superior and inferior are. A $50 Casio watch is a better timekeeper than a $20,000 Rolex, but it's not really superior is it?
- tluyben2 4y agoDepends. Are we apples to apples doing the same things and our work is bringing value only through programming, but I don’t like confrontation? Then no. It can of course be that the better negotiator is also a better communicator and acts as some type of team adhesive and then it is a different story.
- hotpotamus 4y agoHave you ever seen two programmers who have exactly the same skills?
- _8j50 4y agoCan I catchup with my peers by way of raises if I outshine them?