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It’s ridiculous to suggest that compensation isn’t correlated with quality. There are many exceptions but it’s a good rule of thumb in the absence of additional
by benced 4y ago
It’s ridiculous to suggest that compensation isn’t correlated with quality. There are many exceptions but it’s a good rule of thumb in the absence of additional information. It also just passes the sniff test - try comparing the Southwest Airlines app to the united airlines app.
I don’t think COLA matters all that much. The reason SV pays such high salaries reflects the underlying higher productivity of those engineers. The fact that much of that income goes to landlords in the Bay Area is orthogonal to the underlying quality of the engineers.
- bumby 4y agoNobody is claiming they aren't correlated. The question is: how strong is the correlation? The OP seems to insinuate they are extremely correlated on account that it is the sole consideration in the comment. Like so many strong claims made online, it's an overly simplified mental model for something that is much more complex in reality. Like you said, we need more information before making strong claims.