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> It was purely about maxing your compensation because changing jobs nets you more than promotions & raises. You don't view it as a problem that companies consistently compensate new hires higher than they are their experienced employees? Hell, I would have been perfectly happy to never change employers in my entire career to date, if my salary had anywhere near kept pace with my peers who were job-hopping.
> You don't view it as a problem that companies consistently compensate new hires higher than they are their experienced employees? It depends on the current employee and the incoming employee. They are not interchangeable cogs. Also not everyone consistently provides good value over their tenure -- a lot tend to work hard early and then for various reasons taper off. It's not necessarily their fault, but companies d…
And you don’t think that has anything to do with incentives (or lack thereof)?
> I've never been about comparing myself to others
Doesn’t have to be about comparing oneself to others. More about the cost of living increasing because software engineering salaries are rising around you…