Why programmers are not paid in proportion to their productivity (2009)

Re:Why programmers are not paid in proportion to their produ... by mring33621 on Wednesday June 29, 2022 @01:18PM (#31923037)

'One skeleton crew to maintain the "bad" code in production, and everyone else was allocated to the rewrite.'

My employer is doing this now. I'm on the maintenance side. I am not refactoring it quietly, yet. I am quietly supporting the rewrite team, although I won't get credit for it.

The 'bad' code makes us money today. The new code costs us money today. I doubt it will ever be better enough to pay for its own development. But that does not seem to matter. Mgmt wants to be like google. Mgmt wants a bigger org.

Not much I can do except to keep the money coming in today.

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Re:Why programmers are not paid in proportion to their produ... by ratww on Wednesday June 29, 2022 @01:32PM (#31923243)

Also been there.

Started on the rewrite, noticed it wasn't gonna go anywhere, asked to switch to maintaining the money maker.

Didn't need to refactor much: the code quality was VASTLY superior than the new system. However I not-so-silently worked on a redesign.

After four years not working there, the old system is still running full steam. The new one was shelved.

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Re:Why programmers are not paid in proportion to their produ... by grayclhn on Wednesday June 29, 2022 @03:19PM (#31924550)

One piece of advice: make damn sure you get credit for supporting the rewrite.

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