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Re:90 Cents of Every 'Pay-For-Performance' Dollar for CEOs A... by darkerside on Friday September 30, 2016 @12:12PM (#12613318)
I guess you don't believe in 10x or 100x programmers either?
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Re:90 Cents of Every 'Pay-For-Performance' Dollar for CEOs A... by mpdehaan2 on Friday September 30, 2016 @12:16PM (#12613356)
With a few exceptions, a "10x" programmer is in most companies making maybe 1.5x than other people his age, possibly quite less.

This may be an extra $50k in some places.

I have not met a 100x programmer, but there are many people who lead important projects (say Linus, Guido, etc). They also do not deserve 100x a standard programmer salary if they were employed at a corporation either :)

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