Comment by aurareturn

8 days ago

It’s already happening. Top tier devs have two ways of earning way more than before:

1. They can build and sell their own products or services. We are already seeing 1-2 person software companies earning real money. Top devs don’t have to stay in corporate if they think they can generate more revenue on their own.

2. When companies get rid of their B devs without losing productivity, they can pay their A devs more.

I’m in the #2 camp right now. My team shrank by 50% through attrition in the last year. We didn’t hire anyone new when someone left. My pay has increased.

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euwuw  8 days ago

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  • aurareturn  8 days ago

    I’m not desperate at all. It was my company who was desperate to keep me and gave me a huge pay rise. I was already making top tier money.

    I threatened to leave to start my own company unless they gave me enough money to make me not want to do it. They did.

  • mbrumlow  8 days ago

    Your company might fail then. Because I won’t be fighting to work at your company, I’ll just compete with your company and get paid what I deserve.

    We already have CEOs is vendors trying to scare people away from vibe coding their contract away, while I diligently vibe code their contract away.

    Not much new here as my entire career has been coding away 3rd party contracts, and it’s now easier than ever.