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Re:Exercises to craft an employer brand that makes engineers... by newfangle on Tuesday May 14, 2019 @01:27PM (#19911545)
No not under market rate, if your goal is to work 30 to 35 hours a week under market rate all power to you but if you expect to be getting paid $400k total compensation or more you better be giving me at least 40 hours of work that i expect from a senior engineer. 5 to 10 hours is a full day of work.
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Re:Exercises to craft an employer brand that makes engineers... by eropple on Tuesday May 14, 2019 @01:30PM (#19911580)
You realize that a vanishingly tiny slice of developers make $400K a year, yes? Yeah, sure, a few companies pay that kind of money to a subset of their people. Nobody else does.

And that's fine. I'd have a hard time not sawing off a hand before working at three and maybe four of the "FAANG" group. And I like having a life, so I'll leave money on the table all day long.

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Re:Exercises to craft an employer brand that makes engineers... by JohnFen on Tuesday May 14, 2019 @05:40PM (#19914140)
> if you expect to be getting paid $400k total compensation or more

I may be weird, but getting that level of compensation is honestly not something that would be that compelling to me. I mean, all else being equal, more money is better -- but all else is rarely equal.

What I want from a job is to engage in fulfilling work at a company I can be proud to be a part of, while making enough money that I don't have to worry about money very often. For me, where I live, that amount is around $80k (although I currently make a good deal more than that).

If I don't wake up in the morning happy to be going to work, then I'm in the wrong job, regardless of what it pays.

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Re:Exercises to craft an employer brand that makes engineers... by lol768 on Tuesday May 14, 2019 @01:30PM (#19911588)
I take it you're in the US? Is there a marked difference between engineer productivity in the US vs countries within the EU?
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