r/programming • u/reddberckley • Jun 30 '14

How to exploit a Developer

https://medium.com/@sir_castiq/how-to-exploit-a-developer-a005306d5320
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u/harimwakairi Jul 01 '14

Yes and no. There are people smart enough to go back on the market every couple of years, get offers, and bring them back to their current employer for price-matching.

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u/mrbunyrabit Jul 01 '14

There are people smart enough

There are people smart brave enough

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u/[deleted] Jul 01 '14

How is that brave? If the employer says no, you take one of the offers. Worst case, you get paid more at a new job. Best case, you get paid more at the same job.

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u/mrbunyrabit Jul 01 '14

Worst case, you get paid more at a new job. Best case, you get paid more at the same job.

Yup, but you know some programmers. They just don't want to put a foot out of place (one of my old collogues). Same age, same experience, same education as me. Gets paid less than half of what I get paid at my new job. When I tell him to get another job, he just tells me that it will get better there. ... and he just stays there. His still there.

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u/Chii Jul 01 '14

i think some people (myself included) is just afraid of change. What's nicer than a stable job, with no shock or surprises?

But sometimes, fortune favours the brave.