Software Developers: how to get a raise without changing jobs

Re:Software Developers: how to get a raise without changing ... by Whitestrake on Monday November 07, 2016 @11:24PM (#12897642)

I feel like any company large enough to have a significant HR department won't count as a "rational human being". They'll probably fall into the "psychopath" category by virtue of dispassionately and emotionlessly assessing how much of a liability you are to them if you're willing to demand they make counter-offers.

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Re:Software Developers: how to get a raise without changing ... by Tom1971 on Tuesday November 08, 2016 @12:05AM (#12897816)

In a large HR department, chances are you're dealing with somebody for whom you're just a number instead of somebody has a personal grudge.

Nothing personal, just business is the attitude you want when handling something as trivial as a salary negotiation.

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Re:Software Developers: how to get a raise without changing ... by marvin on Tuesday November 08, 2016 @02:49AM (#12898420)

Being a psychopath isn't about holding a grudge, it's about acting in pure self-interest with no regard for the effect on others. So psychopathy is a good way to describe an HR dept that does its intended job.

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Re:Software Developers: how to get a raise without changing ... by Whitestrake on Tuesday November 08, 2016 @05:15AM (#12899016)

Exactly - given the prevalence of "psychopath" in common conversation as violent, unreasonable etc., perhaps I should have specified further or instead used "sociopath".

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Re:Software Developers: how to get a raise without changing ... by kobeya on Tuesday November 08, 2016 @06:19AM (#12899308)

That is not what psychopath means. Maybe you are confusing with sociopath?

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Re:Software Developers: how to get a raise without changing ... by mcv on Tuesday November 08, 2016 @06:47AM (#12899464)

As far as I know, the two are synonymous or nearly so.

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