Re:What It Costs to Run Let's Encrypt
by sidlls on Wednesday September 21, 2016 @03:16PM
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So if your point wasn't that employers routinely deviate from their prescribed bands ("as a rule") why did you respond to my comment? What I see is an anonymous Internet Person bragging without context (for all I know your non-typical experience could have been with 99 developers who were seriously below average).
Re:What It Costs to Run Let's Encrypt
by eropple on Wednesday September 21, 2016 @09:22PM
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They won't routinely deviate from prescribed bands for your typical engineer. There are many, many engineers who are atypical, whether because of skill set or skill level; before I went into consulting I was able to command top-of-market salaries because I am pretty good--not the best, but pretty good--and actively went into areas of technology that others didn't. I was then able to communicate to potential employers why this mattered and how I would be able to help them, because I have enough of a business background to be able to make the case for myself. And while whatever "talent" is involved may be innate--I don't think it is, but whatever--the rest is eminently learnable.
And calling me "anonymous" is kind of funny.
Re:What It Costs to Run Let's Encrypt
by wpietri on Wednesday September 21, 2016 @10:45PM
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If you see him as anonymous, you are definitely not trying very hard. Or at all.
I've never been a typical employee in my life. I have, however, been the highest-paid non-manager (or so I was told; this might have been an attempt to shame me into working more for free) in a hundred-person development group, well out of band, because I brought capabilities and skills to the table that they needed more than they needed to Maintain The Integrity Of The Salary Band.