> Instead, engineers who are willing to jump are generally able to attain much higher compensation than those who stay put - so we're inc...
> Instead, engineers who are willing to jump are generally able to attain much higher compensation than those who stay put - so we're incentivized to do so, rather than investing ourselves in a company and having the company invest in us. Notwithstanding the fact there are companies that under-invest in their employees, you make it sound like engineers are being forced to try to maximize compensation. The reality is that compensation varies, and the differences can be quite pronounced in the technology industry. A startup with minimal revenue and $1 million in funding probably isn't going to be able to compete with Facebook or Google on salary and benefits. Expecting it to is like trying to get blood from a stone. There is nothing wrong with trying to maximize your compensation at the cost of everything else, but if that's your approach, you need to live with the fact that you will almost always have better opportunities somewhere else. Constantly lamenting the fact that your current employer can't pay you as much as another employer can is no way to live life. Incidentally, in my experience, a lot of people who allow their job satisfaction to be based entirely on a perception of relative compensation are never happy no matter how much they make. They constantly find ways to convince themselves that they could and should be making more.
Posted by 7Figures2Commas on May 15, 2015, 6:42 PM
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- Not at all, actually.
- A car battery with reduced range is still perfectly useable as a storage battery for a PV system.
- Here in Argentina we are in permanent summer time GMT-3 since a long time, but we should be in GMT-4.
- You should do some basic research yourself.
- Well, actually not.
- I have a 2022 mini that I use constantly.
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Not at all, actually.
NewA car battery with reduced range is still perfectly useable as a storage battery for a PV system.
NewHere in Argentina we are in permanent summer time GMT-3 since a long time, but we should be in GMT-4.
NewYou should do some basic research yourself.
NewWell, actually not.
I have a 2022 mini that I use constantly.
Two observation: 1.
Cautiously optimistic for them.
> Instead, engineers who are willing to jump are generally able to attain much higher compensation than those who stay put - so we're inc...
> Instead, engineers who are willing to jump are generally able to attain much higher compensation than those who stay put - so we're incentivized to do so, rather than investing ourselves in a company and having the company invest in us. Notwithstanding the fact there are companies that under-invest in their employees, you make it sound like engineers are being forced to try to maximize compensation. The reality is that compensation varies, and the differences can be quite pronounced in the technology industry. A startup with minimal revenue and $1 million in funding probably isn't going to be able to compete with Facebook or Google on salary and benefits. Expecting it to is like trying to get blood from a stone. There is nothing wrong with trying to maximize your compensation at the cost of everything else, but if that's your approach, you need to live with the fact that you will almost always have better opportunities somewhere else. Constantly lamenting the fact that your current employer can't pay you as much as another employer can is no way to live life. Incidentally, in my experience, a lot of people who allow their job satisfaction to be based entirely on a perception of relative compensation are never happy no matter how much they make. They constantly find ways to convince themselves that they could and should be making more.
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