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Re:Ask HN: Are most of us developers lying about how much wo... by 8note on Thursday December 16, 2021 @10:03PM (#29587181)
if the company is doing its job correctly, its paying the 10x engineer even less than the 1x engineer.

if the engineer is doing their job correctly, they are negotiating to be paid more than tne 1x

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Re:Ask HN: Are most of us developers lying about how much wo... by cutemonster on Saturday December 18, 2021 @07:04PM (#29610028)
> paying the 10x engineer even less than the 1x engineer

Why is that a good idea? Isn't there a risk that s/he will then quit?

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Re:Ask HN: Are most of us developers lying about how much wo... by soperj on Thursday December 16, 2021 @10:25PM (#29587318)
that's one way to get a lot of 1x engineers...
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