When did it become the norm that less skilled people than you (especially in the IT sphere) get higher salaries than you? Let's be honest, it is extremely common in IT that people with 3 years of experience are much more knowledgeable than people with 7+ years of experience yet they get much lower salaries
that's just how any bureaucratic system works. It's more about who you know and who likes you as opposed to your raw skill and competence
>>61831662That seems to be the case mostly for office jobs
>>61831656Most jobs/institutions are like that, you are compensated based on trust and reliability, not necessarily technical expertise. Which, unless you are top 5-10% of your field you don’t really get fairly compensated for anyways.
>>61831656It's always been the norm. You make what you can negotiate, not what you "deserve".
>especially in the IT sphereThis except the exact opposite. What I'm experiencing right now is that IT/tech is intensely meritocratic and no one is going to be given, or assured, their senior/principal/lead/staff etc. role unless they can keep up high octane work. If you aren't "the guy" or a clear resource/asset they lay you off, or you just never get promoted to that point.The business/product side is entirely different. Once you get to middle management there is no way to gauge who is good at their job so you just keep getting idly promoted and camping on a sinecure role.Tech is actually VERY uncomfy as you get promoted, if you stay in a contributor capacity. Transitioning over to management and eventually upper management is how you get to these "experience is all we care about" roles.
>>61832261It depends on the IT company
