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Re:Ask HN: How to increase SWE salaries in Europe? by samtho on Wednesday January 13, 2021 @09:37PM (#25771130)
Compensation, in a perfect world, should be based on how much value you bring to the company.
Re:Ask HN: How to increase SWE salaries in Europe? by batiudrami on Wednesday January 13, 2021 @11:51PM (#25772189)
It is clear that your perfect world and my perfect world are quite different.
Re:Ask HN: How to increase SWE salaries in Europe? by Der_Einzige on Thursday January 14, 2021 @01:11AM (#25772740)
Not again! The labor theory of value is rearing its head out of the grave again! Oh no! /s
Re:Ask HN: How to increase SWE salaries in Europe? by anoncake on Wednesday January 13, 2021 @10:06PM (#25771348)
You did not answer the question, you just repeated the initial claim.
Re:Ask HN: How to increase SWE salaries in Europe? by oneplane on Wednesday January 13, 2021 @11:15PM (#25771903)
You seem to be dodging the obvious: the "why" is because a company has no value when you are risk-free and comfortable because it gets nothing from the inputs towards you, only from your outputs. That doesn't mean it is exactly that black-and-white; your input and output are related. Then there is the availability thing; people with skills and experience are not easy to find so you often want to retain them at the company, and compensation is a great motivator.