Re:Frequently Forgotten Fundamental Facts about Software Eng...
by andrewbadera on Friday December 04, 2009 @04:49AM
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How many run of the mill $50k average-or-less developers or programmers do you know?
Now, how many $500,000 programmers do you know? Outside finserv quants & algos, not many. But THEY can make millions and tens of millions.
Unfortunately our industry tends to grant incremental compensation increases against geometric performance & value increases. Which is true in a lot of engineering fields. And the same can probably be said in design fields as well.
Now, how many $500,000 programmers do you know? Outside finserv quants & algos, not many. But THEY can make millions and tens of millions.
Unfortunately our industry tends to grant incremental compensation increases against geometric performance & value increases. Which is true in a lot of engineering fields. And the same can probably be said in design fields as well.