Comments on: 28x http://rowansimpson.com/2007/07/05/28x/ Made in New Zealand from local and imported ingredients Tue, 07 Feb 2012 10:00:39 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: #7: Hire people smarter than you « Rowan Simpson http://rowansimpson.com/2007/07/05/28x/#comment-5756 Tue, 02 Oct 2007 09:26:08 +0000 http://rowansimpson.com/2007/07/05/28x/#comment-5756 [...] 28x, on hiring the best developers [...]

]]> By: Andrew Peters’ Blog » Blog Archive » Developer Traits by Language http://rowansimpson.com/2007/07/05/28x/#comment-1579 Thu, 05 Jul 2007 23:27:02 +0000 http://rowansimpson.com/2007/07/05/28x/#comment-1579 [...] post 28x ties back nicely to the language debate earlier in the [...]

]]> By: Rob http://rowansimpson.com/2007/07/05/28x/#comment-1548 Thu, 05 Jul 2007 11:03:45 +0000 http://rowansimpson.com/2007/07/05/28x/#comment-1548 Another problem is that there’s no effective way to compensate a developer for being 28x (or even 10x) as productive. If a newbie developer earns $45K then a fantastic developer should be earning in the region of $1.25m a year.

So if you’re the most fantastic developer working at Telecom (ok, it’s hypothetical) then only 4 people in the company would be earning more than you. Fortunately for you, Telecom last year relaxed their HR rules so that an employee can now earn more than their manager.

The sad fact is that too many companies have an attitude where only management responsibility leads to better remuneration, regardless of how much value or revenue an employee adds to the company.

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