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Re:High Salaries Are Weapons in the AI Talent War by vinceguidry on Wednesday February 14, 2018 @02:47PM (#16378750)
You should try to get as much as you can for your family. But the best way to do this is to move up the value chain, not keep trying to squeeze blood out of a stone. You seem dead set on getting more compensation for bringing the exact same amount of value to the table.

My solution to your "fact" is to not work for a bunch of dicks. I've never gotten fired "as soon as it makes sense" once I transitioned into development. You seem to work for a lot of dicks. Stop doing that.

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Re:High Salaries Are Weapons in the AI Talent War by s73v3r_ on Wednesday February 14, 2018 @06:44PM (#16380698)
No, I work for business people. The very same type of people you tell me I should gift money by leaving it on the table.

This is going to be the last reply, but you've not made your case as to why I should gift my employer free money by leaving it on the table. There is exactly zero benefit to me for not getting everything I can, and quite a bit of upside. I have also found your double standard regarding the behavior of companies and the behavior of employees, and your handwaving away of that double standard, to be quite insane.

In short, you feel free to do whatever you want, and gift your employer free money. I, on the other hand, am going to take care of myself and my family by getting the maximum value I can out of the time I have to give my employer, and get paid as much as I can.

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Re:High Salaries Are Weapons in the AI Talent War by vinceguidry on Thursday February 15, 2018 @06:35AM (#16383251)
Have fun playing hardball over a few hundred bucks a month.
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