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Re:Agile's early evangelists wouldn't mind watching Agile die by Nerevarine76 on Saturday April 25, 2020 @12:42AM (#22975628)
> Businesses are paying market rates salaries to employees who generate them revenue.

You use this argument to defend engineers but then question c—level executive salaries. The exact same principles apply but at a multiplicative level.

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Re:Agile's early evangelists wouldn't mind watching Agile die by goatinaboat on Saturday April 25, 2020 @02:31AM (#22976134)
You use this argument to defend engineers but then question c—level executive salaries. The exact same principles apply but at a multiplicative level

That’s simply not true, workers and managers are qualitatively different. There are no shortage of examples of managers of companies losing money and marketshare who nevertheless are paid bonuses every year then leave with a golden parachute.

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Re:Agile's early evangelists wouldn't mind watching Agile die by antonvs on Saturday April 25, 2020 @05:45AM (#22976949)
> but at a multiplicative level.

Why? That multiplier is often what's at issue, and why "the exact same principles" don't apply.

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