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"If all the big companies just move each other's employees around, nobody benefits." The companies may not benefit, but the developers certainly will! Not jus
by michael_nielsen 13y ago
"If all the big companies just move each other's employees around, nobody benefits."
The companies may not benefit, but the developers certainly will! Not just the ones being moved around, either --- it'll raise market prices, and so _every_ developer will benefit, even those who don't move.
- fixermark 13y agoHonestly, an engineer who is unhappy with their salary can pretty much walk down the street to the next company in the Valley. They don't need recruiters calling them to remind them of that. I think drawing a line from a handful of non-recruitment agreements to price depression in the specific world of the software engineering industry requires more than hand-wavy assertions based on generalized economic theory.