Maybe I am reading this wrong, but it reads to me like the author wants to continually be paid more without taking on additional responsibilities (which, correc

Maybe I am reading this wrong, but it reads to me like the author wants to continually be paid more without taking on additional responsibilities (which, correctly or not, are considered more valuable by potential employers). I don't think he is correct that fantastically talented programmers don't get pay raises. However, at a certain point, if no one is willing to offer more for just programming, to increase ones earning, you must take on new responsibilities, the same way that a fantastically talented anything has a ceiling on how much they can earn without adding value a new way.