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I suspect that Dave's pay was not proportionate to his skills
by longstaff2009 7y ago
I suspect that Dave's pay was not proportionate to his skills
- tosser0001 7y agoI suspect that Dave doesn't actually exist. Stories this well-calibrated to make a specific point I think are generally fabricated from whole cloth.
- longstaff2009 7y agoAs the author I probably can't change your mind without revealing his real identity, but i'm glad you thought the writing was well calibrated :) so thanks I guess?
- hsk823 7y agoI suspect that you haven't met your own "Dave" then. Fuck you pay me is dramatic, but certainly in lots of orgs, especially smaller orgs, people like "Dave" exist, are generally not making what they could somewhere else, has all the tribal knowledge of everything the company does in his head, the knowledge is complex enough that simply reading documentation will not help fix the problems he's fixing.
- writepub 7y agoOR - tech skills are only part of the salary you get. Another is being able to work well with a team. If Dave wasn't being paid proportionately, why didn't he just get another job? Maybe, just maybe, he SUCKED at working well in teams. Which means - the free market placed him in a niche position where the team tolerated his idiosyncrasies for good tech skills, and his salary reflected that
- cbm-vic-20 7y agoI suspect that Dave's pay was not proportionate to his value to the company.