Reminds me of why in Fortune500 companies, the management ladder is (usually) better compensated for than technical ladders. Because it is the finance/management souls that determine the compensation, they have a very highly developed sense of their own worth.
Of course, when things management, they also get the flak. As Scott (of SUN fame) points out, the difference between paying for a Sun version compared with an open-source DIY solution is that his comes with a direct dial to his mobile. Quite a few backroom boys have come back as "consultants" (see Y2000). Lawrence http://www.linkedin.com/in/drllau PS ... anyone explain what a growth hacker is? On Friday, November 2, 2012 12:16:49 PM UTC+13, Geoff Langdale wrote: > > Simmer down Alex, do you really think that doing half - or more than half > - the actual work compares to being a "Community Manager" or "Growth > Hacker"? > > Geoff. > > On Friday, 2 November 2012 08:42:49 UTC+11, Alex North wrote: >> >> There's no category for back-end or generalist engineers? We do do half >> the work in most non-trivial applications :-/ >> >> >> On Thu, Oct 25, 2012 at 11:23 AM, Stacey Jacobs >> <sta...@generalassemb.ly>wrote: >> >>> *We have just announced our Inaugural General Assembly Australia Awards! >>> >>> >>> The awards are designed to celebrate you guys, the people that make the >>> tech scene what it is in Australia. We have covered plenty of bases with >>> the categories to offer awards for products, like Best Mobile App or Web >>> App to the best technologists such as Growth Hacker, Data Scientist or >>> Highest Achieving Founder. >>> >>> Nominations are now open here: http://gaaus.tumblr.com/nominate >>> >>> You can nominate yourself, someone on your team or a friend. Once voting >>> opens on November 15th, you have one month to vote for your favourite in >>> each category. One in every five votes gets you a free evening class at GA >>> and every vote puts you in the draw to win a full scholarship to a >>> General Assembly Front-end Web >>> Development<http://generalassemb.ly/education/learn-html-css/sydney/>course >>> or User >>> Experience >>> Design<http://generalassemb.ly/education/learn-ux-design/sydney/>course in >>> Sydney. >>> >>> What are you waiting for? <http://gaaus.tumblr.com/nominate> >>> >>> Thanks, >>> >>> Riley & Stacey * >>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Silicon >>> Beach Australia mailing list. Vist http://siliconbeachaustralia.org for >>> more >>> >>> Forum rules >>> 1) No lurkers! It is expected that you introduce yourself. >>> 2) No jobs postings. You can use http://siliconbeachaustralia.org/jobs >>> >>> >>> To post to this group, send email to >>> silicon-bea...@googlegroups.com >>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>> silicon-beach-australia+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com >>> For more options, visit this group at >>> http://groups.google.com/group/silicon-beach-australia?hl=en?hl=en >>> >> >> -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Silicon Beach Australia mailing list. Vist http://siliconbeachaustralia.org for more Forum rules 1) No lurkers! It is expected that you introduce yourself. 2) No jobs postings. You can use http://siliconbeachaustralia.org/jobs To post to this group, send email to silicon-beach-australia@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to silicon-beach-australia+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/silicon-beach-australia?hl=en?hl=en
