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0 pointssokoloff7y ago0 comments

What is the reference for underpaying?

Supply and demand of willing free-will workers? Profitability of the company? Something else?

Or what a Wall Street hedge fund can pay?

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In the context of video game companies, it's the comparison to other software companies and positions requiring about the same level of experience and prestige. Game producers are well-known at this point for recruiting naive grads and paying them peanuts compared to what they could get even just making CRUD web apps.

sokoloffOP7y ago

It's likely that many charities underpay software developers, because the developers are working there voluntarily in part for the mission.

Political campaigns have the same property in a lot of cases.

So long as people want to express their preferences in where they work based on the content of the work, the mission of the organization, the laptops they issue, or any other set of criteria, I think it's fair game that those choices tip the supply/demand relationship in or away from their favor.

crooked-v7y ago

I think a key difference here is that a greater awareness of market-rate salaries preemptively affect those "want to work on video games" decisions much more than working for a volunteer organization. Corporate organizations in general put a lot of effort and culture into suppressing open knowledge and comparisons of pay rates.

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crooked-v7y ago

sokoloffOP7y ago

It's likely that many charities underpay software developers, because the developers are working there voluntarily in part for the mission.

Political campaigns have the same property in a lot of cases.

crooked-v7y ago

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