Re:Want to hire the best programmers? Offer growth
by opportune on Tuesday July 23, 2019 @04:11PM
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You can absolutely do that, but then you will not get promoted past a certain stage at most companies. I do this because I'm not yet in a very senior position but if I were managing 100 people and in charge of an entire product I doubt I could do that
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Re:Want to hire the best programmers? Offer growth
by wolco on Tuesday July 23, 2019 @07:24PM
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This makes a lot of sense but goes against the article. Making more doesn't always give you more freedom. If you want power you have to pay for it.
In your case why would you push for a higher role knowing the tradeoffs?
Re:Want to hire the best programmers? Offer growth
by opportune on Tuesday July 23, 2019 @07:28PM
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Because the money is worth the loss of flexibility, for me, under certain circumstances (envision a yield curve of salary vs. some proxy of work-life balance). Specifically I think the tradeoffs are worth it up to staff/senior staff and first rung of management, depending on the team.