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This is a major part of it. I’ve left a couple jobs because there was little to no recognition for anything. I wasn't looking to be patted on the back constant

by bmitc 4y ago

This is a major part of it. I’ve left a couple jobs because there was little to no recognition for anything. I wasn't looking to be patted on the back constantly or get some award, but just any recognition would have been nice. One job backfilled the projects I was working on with like three or so internal people, as I was working on three or so unrelated projects, each "full-time". Just even awareness of the work I was doing would have been appreciated. And that's probably the sad thing. I don't think anyone was really even aware of the amount of effort and craft going into each project, although they were explicitly aware of me working on another projects.

awesomegoat_com 4y ago
This! When I was in my mid 20ties I was writing code in C almost non-stop, they replaced me with 7 people and a scrum master. Apparently, cheaper than giving me 12% raise I demanded (around 2015).
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- peteradio 4y ago
  Can't let the devs get uppity. That's a fact. Look at it from business point of view, they are the only ones who see the money and if they don't feed you requirements you are blind. If they give you a 12% raise today then who's to say you won't just come back tomorrow and request another and another and another, there's really no end. Newsflash, asking for a raise everyday is an exponential growth (did you even know that your incessant raises would lead to your cost ballooning 30x within a month?), while 7-8 highly skilled consultants is a one time 7-8x bargain relative to your exponential growth demands wherein you will consume all the earths resources within the year. How selfish can one person be? MY GOD!
  - awesomegoat_com 4y ago
    I was based in east europe reporting to Nasdaq 100 company. Earning about $58k that year.
- kaashif 4y ago
  > 20ties Twentyties? Serious comment: some managers are addicted to empire-building and their status derives from the number of people they manage. Not how productive they actually are...
  - ngc248 4y ago
    That is true, sometimes its also that one person is doing a small teams' work and instead of giving a raise, they feel it is better to hire from outside. I have seen this happen many times
uwuemu 4y ago
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by bmitc 4y ago

awesomegoat_com 4y ago

This! When I was in my mid 20ties I was writing code in C almost non-stop, they replaced me with 7 people and a scrum master. Apparently, cheaper than giving me 12% raise I demanded (around 2015).

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peteradio 4y ago
Can't let the devs get uppity. That's a fact. Look at it from business point of view, they are the only ones who see the money and if they don't feed you requirements you are blind. If they give you a 12% raise today then who's to say you won't just come back tomorrow and request another and another and another, there's really no end. Newsflash, asking for a raise everyday is an exponential growth (did you even know that your incessant raises would lead to your cost ballooning 30x within a month?), while 7-8 highly skilled consultants is a one time 7-8x bargain relative to your exponential growth demands wherein you will consume all the earths resources within the year. How selfish can one person be? MY GOD!
- awesomegoat_com 4y ago
  I was based in east europe reporting to Nasdaq 100 company. Earning about $58k that year.
kaashif 4y ago
> 20ties Twentyties? Serious comment: some managers are addicted to empire-building and their status derives from the number of people they manage. Not how productive they actually are...
- ngc248 4y ago
  That is true, sometimes its also that one person is doing a small teams' work and instead of giving a raise, they feel it is better to hire from outside. I have seen this happen many times

uwuemu 4y ago

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