People Who Are Obsessed with Success and Prestige

Re:People Who Are Obsessed with Success and Prestige by oarabbus_ on Tuesday January 07, 2020 @01:46PM (#21983169)

>To be fair my calculation is if you’re not at near peak TC band when you enter top tech companies it’s hard to impossible to catch up

I'm not sure I understand. What is the point you're making? Why is it hard to catch up? What's stopping someone in a mid or low TC band from switching to another company and increasing their TC?

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Re:People Who Are Obsessed with Success and Prestige by akhilcacharya on Tuesday January 07, 2020 @10:25PM (#21987976)

Switching usually means a downlevel or a lateral level transition (extremely rare that someone uplevels from a switch) which limits the upside. You'd always be tied to your prior TC in some way and the effects compound.

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Re:People Who Are Obsessed with Success and Prestige by oarabbus_ on Friday January 10, 2020 @08:04PM (#22017261)

So? Is the point you're making that you won't be the highest paid employee in a company?

Your TC is tied to your prior TC, which is tied to your internships and college, which is tied to your high school performance. Might as well take it down to kindergarten.

If you're not a child prodigy, then you won't be the most talented, highest-paid employee.

I'll never understand this mindset.

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