jbredizzle

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   by jbredizzle 13y ago

   I can't tell you what you should have made but unlike a lot of the people who are constantly whining about how they are underpaid because they have a friend at Google making $150,000/year, you actually did the math and can argue f
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   by jbredizzle 13y ago

   "I (personally) feel that there's an implicit understanding with my employer, wherein my above and beyond efforts will result in increased compensation." Your expectations around compensation should be based on explicit not
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   by jbredizzle 13y ago

   "If a company is losing money from employing an engineer at a below-market rate, that means the company likely has a bad business model, not that the engineer is paid more than they're worth." I need to call BS. Just because
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   by jbredizzle 13y ago

   "If they are too busy to make sure I'm not having to question my value, I would rather find another employer that may not have this issue." Honest question: have you quantified your value to your current employer in dollar te
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   by jbredizzle 13y ago

   An experienced engineer might be worth $x to one company, but $x*2 to another. A lot of companies that are used as a reference for market rates (Google, Facebook, etc.) have incredible leverage in the sense that their per-employee revenue a