FTA: "No sooner does he hire a Java programmer and train him in the company's music industry niche, than the programmer is recruited away for a higher salary."
Pro tip: if the salary wasn't higher, the programmer couldn't have been recruited away for a higher salary.
There's nothing wrong with the programmer. You're just not paying her enough.
And yes, this is endemic to the industry. No one (outside the Big Tech Giants anyway) gives raises remotely close to what the employee could get by quitting. They only want to pay market wage at hiring time. And the employees aren't dumb.
Really the only notable thing here is that someone decided to write a news article whining about it.
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FTA: "No sooner does he hire a Java programmer and train him in the company's music industry niche, than the programmer is recruited away for a higher salary."
Pro tip: if the salary wasn't higher, the programmer couldn't have been recruited away for a higher salary.
There's nothing wrong with the programmer. You're just not paying her enough.
And yes, this is endemic to the industry. No one (outside the Big Tech Giants anyway) gives raises remotely close to what the employee could get by quitting. They only want to pay market wage at hiring time. And the employees aren't dumb.
Really the only notable thing here is that someone decided to write a news article whining about it.