Tech compensation in 2021

Re:Tech compensation in 2021 by franga2000 on Friday October 15, 2021 @04:20AM (#28875565)

This is a very specific situation. Someone WILL fill that position at Evil Corp. and they will also get the 300k. The amount of evil done stays the same regardless of whether you take the position or not. But, if you take it and donate 100k to charity each year (especially one that works to undo harm done by your employer), more good is being done as well.

X harm + Y good > X harm + 0 good

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Re:Tech compensation in 2021 by FartyMcFarter on Friday October 15, 2021 @04:39AM (#28875661)

You're missing several important factors there.

- with fewer people interested in working at Evil Corp, salaries there will trend up and they may not be able to grow as much as a consequence.

- if the most skilled people don't want to work at Evil Corp, that also makes it harder to do evil.

I really hope people aren't using oversimplified analysis to justify working on evil stuff.

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Re:Tech compensation in 2021 by dwaltrip on Friday October 15, 2021 @04:14PM (#28882605)

> Someone WILL fill that position at Evil Corp. and they will also get the 300k.

That’s not actually how it works. Maybe it’s 90% true, but the 10% matters, even if it is difficult to evaluate.

What is the impact of a position at Evil Corp staying open for 6 months longer than it would have otherwise if GP doesn’t take the job? I don’t know, that is a difficult question. But I know it isn’t zero impact.

Our actions matter.

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