Re:How Automattic develops software for over 75M websites
by dpau on Tuesday October 08, 2019 @02:48PM
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So it's OK to ask developers to sacrifice 1-3 months of their time working without benefits for at least 50% less than what they would normally be getting paid at any other company simply because $25/hr is more than the median wage in the US? I'm simply surprised that anyone worth their salt would submit to such a lopsided transaction! Good on Automattic for taking advantage of the situation, though?
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Re:How Automattic develops software for over 75M websites
by breck on Tuesday October 08, 2019 @02:55PM
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Money is what you capture, value is what you create.
A lot of people are willing to take a pay cut to create more value for the world. It's too bad that things are so out of whack, but in tech right now, those 2 things are very uncorrelated (the prime reason from the data I've seen is unjust intellectual monopoly laws).
If you are a YOUNG developer, I would say go take the money! Good times won't last. If you are instead more concerned about what value you are creating for the world, there are a some well known great places to work (WordPress, Wikipedia, Mozilla come to mind but there are many many more often in research, government, or academia).
Re:How Automattic develops software for over 75M websites
by ykevinator on Tuesday October 08, 2019 @10:00PM
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He said don't get hung up on it.