Game developers sharing their salaries on Twitter

Re:Game developers sharing their salaries on Twitter by jaaron on Monday May 10, 2021 @05:52PM (#27111327)

It's not just that.

Google (and a few others) dealt with retention issues from startups and other companies in SV who's sole recruiting strategy was poach from Google, ie- use Google as a filter and let them do all the work finding great talent and then we'll just hire Googlers (or one of the other major SV tech companies).

So retention is a significant factor for Google and other FAANG companies. They can simply pay enough to make sure other companies can't come in and take their talent.

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Re:Game developers sharing their salaries on Twitter by n42 on Monday May 10, 2021 @06:09PM (#27111483)

you just described supply and demand. supply is limited, recruiters poach, demand increases, salaries increase.

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Re:Game developers sharing their salaries on Twitter by bawolff on Tuesday May 11, 2021 @03:26AM (#27115259)

Not really, the parent didn't say anything about overall supply, just that its cheaper to let someone else sort the diamonds from the dirt than do it yourself.

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Re:Game developers sharing their salaries on Twitter by n42 on Tuesday May 11, 2021 @08:46PM (#27125403)

recruiters resorting to cost effective measures to find qualified candidates because supply is limited

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Re:Game developers sharing their salaries on Twitter by bawolff on Tuesday May 11, 2021 @11:11PM (#27126184)

Supply could be infinite and the same still applies. The reason people pay more for refined aluminium is not because aluminum ore is in short supply.

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