Re: Pulling it slightly OT: TW Salaries--Is it me, or are people greedier (Mild Vent)

Subject: Re: Pulling it slightly OT: TW Salaries--Is it me, or are people greedier (Mild Vent)
From: Bruce Byfield <bbyfield -at- axionet -dot- com>
To: "TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com>
Date: Mon, 18 Dec 2000 11:16:52 -0800

Joy Brady wrote:
>
> It's funny, but the thread I started has kicked up a
> bit of dust. And the funny thing is, I'm rather
> conservative, and do believe the system of supply and
> demand works very well.

Conservative or anarchist, the original point is worth emphasizing:
there is nothing intrinsic in salary scales. They're a combination
of precedent and negotiation, but, mostly, they're a kind of
consensual hallucination, like the emperor's new clothes. Once you
realize just how arbitrary they are, you can bargain much more
effectively.

--
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Contributing Editor, Maximum Linux
604.421.7189 bbyfield -at- axionet -dot- com

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