Should Younger Developers Be Paid More? 785
jammag writes "A project manager describes facing an upset senior developer who learned that a new hire — a fresh college grad — would be making 30 percent more than him. The reason: the new grad knew a hot emerging technology that a client wanted. Yes, the senior coder was majorly pissed off. But with the constant upheaval in new technology, this situation is almost unavoidable — or is it? And at any rate, is it fair?"
As college student studying computer science (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Here is how you handle this (Score:5, Funny)
This, and many similar workplace situations:
1. Have the power of the force.
2. Use Jedi Mind Control during negotiations.
When these two conditions are true, conversations with your boss will tend to take a very different tone from most people's expectations.