Listen "163 - Why 10x developers are not paid any more"
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Change log
I'm currently running experiments with Kubernetes CornJobs
I've done lots of under the hood security tweaks with howtocodewell.net
I've started using Jira to manage spikes and delivery tickets for the deployment stage of howtocodewell.net
I've added tickets for some upgrade work, Symfony 6, NPM 16 LTS, PHP 8.1
On Tuesday we progressed the PHP registertion course by adding the framework-less router.
Next week we will add some PSR interfaces for the HTTP messages to the PHP registration course
Why 10x developers are not paid any more
Programming productivity cannot be measured like the productivity of a sales person.
A sales person can make 10 more sales than their colleges and therefore make 10 times the amount of money.
An electrician could work faster and better than another contractor. This would allow them to complete more jobs and charge more than there competitors.
Better programmers write less code.
Some talented programmers get board and leave their posts.
Talented programmers are difficult to keep.
Experience is more important than the lines of code your write.
Programmers don’t get rates best on how productive they are. EG Bug (A) has the same monetary value as bug (B)
The best way to get a raise is to start a new position.
Contact me and let me know your thoughts or get something read out on air.
My web development courses
➡️ Learn How to build a JavaScript Tip Calculator
➡️ Learn JavaScript arrays
➡️ Learn PHP arrays
➡️ Learn Python
✉️ Get my weekly newsletter
⏰ My current live coding schedule (Times are BST)
Sundays 15:00 - Live coding on Twitch
I'm currently running experiments with Kubernetes CornJobs
I've done lots of under the hood security tweaks with howtocodewell.net
I've started using Jira to manage spikes and delivery tickets for the deployment stage of howtocodewell.net
I've added tickets for some upgrade work, Symfony 6, NPM 16 LTS, PHP 8.1
On Tuesday we progressed the PHP registertion course by adding the framework-less router.
Next week we will add some PSR interfaces for the HTTP messages to the PHP registration course
Why 10x developers are not paid any more
Programming productivity cannot be measured like the productivity of a sales person.
A sales person can make 10 more sales than their colleges and therefore make 10 times the amount of money.
An electrician could work faster and better than another contractor. This would allow them to complete more jobs and charge more than there competitors.
Better programmers write less code.
Some talented programmers get board and leave their posts.
Talented programmers are difficult to keep.
Experience is more important than the lines of code your write.
Programmers don’t get rates best on how productive they are. EG Bug (A) has the same monetary value as bug (B)
The best way to get a raise is to start a new position.
Contact me and let me know your thoughts or get something read out on air.
My web development courses
➡️ Learn How to build a JavaScript Tip Calculator
➡️ Learn JavaScript arrays
➡️ Learn PHP arrays
➡️ Learn Python
✉️ Get my weekly newsletter
⏰ My current live coding schedule (Times are BST)
Sundays 15:00 - Live coding on Twitch
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