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Re:Why programmers are not paid in proportion to their produ... by makz on Wednesday June 29, 2022 @11:53AM (#31921912)
That has happened to me as well. "You are the best engineer we have by far, but we can't pay you more, I'm sorry". I left shortly. At least they were honest.
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Re:Why programmers are not paid in proportion to their produ... by gsibble on Monday July 04, 2022 @11:28AM (#31978093)
That was pretty much exactly what happened, and I was working 100 hour weeks. I was promised 3 weeks off after we launched and they reneged. When that happened, I gave notice.
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