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How We Replaced Salary Negotiations with a Sina...

Konstantin Haase
June 24, 2016
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How We Replaced Salary Negotiations with a Sinatra App

Presented at RedDotRubyConf 2016 in Singapore.

Konstantin Haase

June 24, 2016
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  1. How we replaced Salary Negotiations With a Sinatra App Konstantin

    Haase @konstantinhaase / @rkh_popcorn Travis CI travis-ci.com
  2. “Why are the best programmers 10x more productive than mediocre

    programmers, but paid only 3x as much?”
  3. ‣ 8 countries, 16 nationalities ‣ 54% women (50% in

    engineering) ‣ wide range of backgrounds ‣ we’ll keep hiring Travis CI
  4. We pay by value. We pay by needs. We use

    generalised rules that apply to everyone.
  5. Is self-motivated to the point that they create new work

    (for themselves and sometimes others) and has their own vision for what needs to be done.
  6. Country base line based on how market rates* compare to

    Berlin. City adjustments based on how the living costs compared to national average. Income tax estimation is added on top. * Factor adjusted upwards for low income countries, for city states Consumer Prices and Rent Index will be used if higher