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0 pointsclifanatic9y ago0 comments

Well, if everybody else thinks that programmers make $200K/year, there's a chance that somebody might consider paying $200K/year. That seems like an incentive to me.

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ghurtado9y ago

Maybe, but you would need massive collusion with millions of developers that you have never met in order to pull this stunt.

I don't think that sounds very plausible.

clifanaticOP9y ago

Well, we have you and we have me - who else is on board?

ghurtado9y ago

Hate to say it, but you only have you so far.

user59944619y ago

Nope. Lots of places can't pay that money. They'll still try to interview and hire people but they can't compete.

There is a very wide range of salary, skill and experience in tech. A single figure is not of much use. If anything it might be ruined by the vast majority of cheap companies (i.e. outside of Google/Apple/Facebook/... )

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ghurtado9y ago

Maybe, but you would need massive collusion with millions of developers that you have never met in order to pull this stunt.

I don't think that sounds very plausible.

clifanaticOP9y ago

Well, we have you and we have me - who else is on board?

ghurtado9y ago

Hate to say it, but you only have you so far.

user59944619y ago

Nope. Lots of places can't pay that money. They'll still try to interview and hire people but they can't compete.

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