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Why programmers are not paid in proportion to their productivity
The most productive programmers are orders of magnitude more productive than average programmers. But salaries usually fall within a fairly small range in any company. Even across the entire profession, salaries don't vary that much. If some programmers are 10x more productive than others, why aren't they paid 10x as…
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| Submitted | Title on HN | Points | Comments |
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| Apr 26, 2011 | Why programmers are not paid in proportion to their productivity by shawndumas | 285 | 187 |
| Jun 29, 2022 | Why programmers are not paid in proportion to their productivity (2009) by LionTamer | 191 | 306 |
| Nov 16, 2011 | Why programmers are not paid in proportion to their productivity (2009) by ColinWright | 123 | 76 |
| Dec 23, 2009 | Why programmers are not paid in proportion to their productivity by imgabe | 114 | 129 |
| Apr 20, 2018 | Why programmers are not paid in proportion to their productivity (2009) by walterclifford | 98 | 69 |
