Podcasts Technology Software Defined Interviews Misaligned Incentives Episode 4: You get what you pay for - compensating tech staff is often done poorly

Misaligned Incentives Episode 4: You get what you pay for - compensating tech staff is often done poorly

Published: July 17, 2020, 10 a.m.

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    <p>We discuss compensation, particularly how people in the IT department (&quot;developers,&quot; etc.) are so disconnected from the actual business that compensating them based on business performance is near impossible. Not good if you&#39;re an IT person and like money.</p>\\n
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There's other types of comp. then money, obviously, and those are fine too. In particular, we discuss participation in open source and more recognition. But, still: money is the best.

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