from Gergely Orosz | by Gergely Orosz

My biggest “internet GDP increase” contribution so far is this article. Got so many messages from engineers switching jobs once they realised there are “tiers” that pay a lot more. And several companies increased compensation after debating the contents: t.co/BHWctPBJLE

Even now, this article is in C-level meetings at companies who all assumed they are closer to the top of the market because Radford or Mercer data tells the so. But they’re not, because they never realised (till now) how Tier 2 and 3 companies don’t show up in those datasets.

The most surprising outcome of this article for me: the recruiter messages. “I never realised why I don’t get responses from devs in certain companies despite telling them we pay ‘competitive’. I now see we are ‘Tier 1’. Over 10 years & never knew other, higher tiers existed…”

A CTO told me they called BS on Mercer telling them that they are at the 75th percentile if they pay €X on the NL market & sent this article (the number Mercer suggested was far too low for 75th %) Mercer responded by adjusted numbers upwards. Mercer are supposed experts here.