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Re:Programmers: Before you turn 40, get a plan B by tdavis on Tuesday June 09, 2009 @11:42PM (#650529)
Is it equivalent to say that I'd pay a fresh college grad who hasn't done anything but RoR 70% less? Because I'd totally do that.
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Re:Programmers: Before you turn 40, get a plan B by philwelch on Tuesday June 09, 2009 @11:54PM (#650542)
No.

Suppose you pay a fresh college grad 50k. 70% more is 85k. But 70% less than 85k is 25.5k.

So you would definitely pay the experienced guy 70% more.

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