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The relative value of a t-shirt (<$10) is completely negligible when compared to the 'normal' wage of most programmers. It's obviously a personal reaction, and
by harpastum 17y ago
The relative value of a t-shirt (<$10) is completely negligible when compared to the 'normal' wage of most programmers.
It's obviously a personal reaction, and therefore almost completely subjective, but I feel like the t-shirt is not reimbursing you for your work, but another way to say 'thanks', akin to a thank-you email, but that much more personal/sincere.
- SwellJoe 17y agoMy philosophy on giveaways of this sort (and we do it quite a bit) is that if I lived in the same town, I would buy that person a beer or take them to lunch. It's not as though I'm paying them an hourly wage of $.05...I'm just saying, "Hey, that was awesome. High five!" Everybody likes having someone buy the next round, right?
- tow21 17y agoI think part of my pissed-off-ness would be that to me, the t-shirt is much less personal/sincere. Company schwag is almost the prototypical insincere, impersonal gift.
- catch23 17y agoStill, just think if you have code in the linux kernel, you could ask t-shirts from just about every company in the world including government agencies and non-profits. You'd have more than enough clothing to last a lifetime of never doing laundry :-)