> In a for-profit organization, the optimal behavior for the company is to employ workers at the lowest pay that the worker is willing to accept. I've been aro

> In a for-profit organization, the optimal behavior for the company is to employ workers at the lowest pay that the worker is willing to accept. I've been around the block enough times to know this, but I still hate it. Why do we give so much of our only lives to this system? > So there is no incentive for a manager to promote you or give you a raise unless you ask for it. Even if you do, theres still no incentive. The only incentive is threatening to leave when the cost to the org of your doing so is greater than the cost of promotion. Couple of points: 1. The above are why (after 30 years as a dev) I'm trying to build something on my own. But its hard. 2. I'm not a woman, but the points above aren't really gender-specific. I do appreciate the substantial additional challenges faced by women in tech, though.