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Programmers have no power over the people who set pay rates while CEOs have a great deal of power. Actually they do: they can turn down an offer to work at any
by pg 18y ago
Programmers have no power over the people who set pay rates while CEOs have a great deal of power.
Actually they do: they can turn down an offer to work at any existing company and start their own instead. And many do.
(That's how capitalism really works.)
- thras 18y agoScroll down to nostrademons' comment. I think that it answers your point.
- nonrecursive 18y agoI get what you're saying, but thras's point still stands. You're just using the word "programmer" in two slightly different senses. thras was using it to refer to a role - a non-management role - and in that sense a programmer does have a lot less ability to influence the people who set pay rates. You're using it to refer to an actual person who can try to change the role he occupies, in your example by starting a company.