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Re: Developer salary spreadsheet compiled from tweets

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post #7

These tweets are pretty rubbish, why would someone think that they should earn the same salary as someone else? Salaries should be different even in the same company, that way people are then encouraged to work and study harder and to better negotiate and know their value. But these tweets are even worse and it's comparing different companies and countries.

This is just a spreadsheet of tweets that share salary info, where do you see an implication that everyone should earn the same salary?

I believe this is intended to help people negotiate. Those of us who have a network of friends in tech get this information informally that way, but salary sharing like this gives people who don't have that network a starting point (albeit one riddled with selection bias and low sample size).

Re: Developer salary spreadsheet compiled from tweets

#13
post #7

These tweets are pretty rubbish, why would someone think that they should earn the same salary as someone else? Salaries should be different even in the same company, that way people are then encouraged to work and study harder and to better negotiate and know their value. But these tweets are even worse and it's comparing different companies and countries.

Where in the spreadsheet does it say salaries shouldn't be different? Information is usually a good tool you can use to your benefit. But if you don't find this information useful, no harm done to you.

Re: Developer salary spreadsheet compiled from tweets

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post #3

I know these people willingly shared this information in public, but, for whatever reason, this compilation makes me uncomfortable. EDIT to clarify: what makes me uncomfortable about this is not the broad range of salaries. I don't find that surprising at all. It's gathering all this information together and associating it with people's names (and complete bios!) that bothers me. Some of them may find they want to de…

It includes people from all over the world. US skilled salaries are usually 2x+ (not just for tech, but also things like healthcare) salaries in Europe. Remember they have social safety nets and lower costs for things like education and healthcare, we do not.

Also this list has a very small sample size, and very few people from big tech, otherwise the pay would skew significantly higher.

Re: Developer salary spreadsheet compiled from tweets

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post #4

What is this spreadsheet supposed to prove? It sounds like its either a ego-measuring contest of which company has the best salaries + compensation with position in a certain country (Hint: It's still FAAMNG in Silicon Valley) or it is a giant weird flexing spreadsheet to show that devs in developed countries are paid more that those in third-world countries (Even those who work remotely). The compensation in somewhe…

> The compensation in somewhere like California is still high due to the cost of living

No no no no NO! I am BANNING this argument entirely from now onwards!

The cost of living in the Bay Area is higher, yes. But salaries are AT LEAST TWICE what they are in many other places, and the difference between post-tax salary and living costs - in other words, disposable income - is correspondingly much larger.

This "living costs" argument is lazy, innumerate, and wrong. You're just embarrassing yourself by making it.

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