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Re:Should Younger Developers be Paid More? by patio11 on Tuesday January 18, 2011 @11:58PM (#2118683)
There is a market inefficiency in that wages are dominated not by one's value to the company today but by one's value to the company the last time one engaged in free negotiations for wages. This inefficiency is persistent and exploitable. If you're being underpaid, changing jobs is the simplest, most reliable way to fix that.
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Re:Should Younger Developers be Paid More? by alnayyir on Wednesday January 19, 2011 @04:53AM (#2119302)
"Ooh but then you're disloyal and a job hopper!" - Calacanis et al.

As I stated last time, only businessmen and finance grads are allowed to exercise self-interest. When labor starts responding to the market they get really mad.

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