Leak of Microsoft Salaries Shows Fight for Higher Compensation

Re:Leak of Microsoft Salaries Shows Fight for Higher Compens... by WalterBright on Sunday September 15, 2019 @05:05AM (#20976292)

> It's like when people write entire programming languages for free. The job is so enjoyable that it lowers the salary to zero.

Dang, I thing you nailed it!

(I'd work on rocket engines for free, too!)

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Re:Leak of Microsoft Salaries Shows Fight for Higher Compens... by PakG1 on Sunday September 15, 2019 @08:07AM (#20976864)

Are SpaceX salaries lower than average then?

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Re:Leak of Microsoft Salaries Shows Fight for Higher Compens... by rwilson4 on Sunday September 15, 2019 @10:29AM (#20977359)

Anecdotally, SpaceX pays less than other aerospace companies. Source: I used to work at Boeing, I have friends at SpaceX and various other aerospace companies.

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Re:Leak of Microsoft Salaries Shows Fight for Higher Compens... by ChuckNorris89 on Sunday September 15, 2019 @01:04PM (#20978198)

How does SpaceX even succeed at what they do while paying below market rate?

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Re:Leak of Microsoft Salaries Shows Fight for Higher Compens... by WalterBright on Sunday September 15, 2019 @04:08PM (#20979216)

It's supply and demand. Lots of people want to work on rockets, so SpaceX doesn't need to pay them as much. It actually is the market rate for rocket engineers.

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Re:Leak of Microsoft Salaries Shows Fight for Higher Compens... by sten on Sunday September 15, 2019 @07:57PM (#20980187)

Double down on this. I want to work in Aerospace, but not for the military industrial complex. Who do I work for?

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Re:Leak of Microsoft Salaries Shows Fight for Higher Compens... by WalterBright on Sunday September 15, 2019 @08:58PM (#20980357)

You won't be doing any military work if you work at BCAC (Boeing Commercial Airplane Company).

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