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		tdavis on June 10, 2009 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Programmers: Before you turn 40, get a plan B Is it equivalent to say that I'd pay a fresh college grad who hasn't done anything but RoR 70% less? Because I'd totally do that.

philwelch on June 10, 2009 [–]

No.

Suppose you pay a fresh college grad 50k. 70% more is 85k. But 70% less than 85k is 25.5k.

So you would definitely pay the experienced guy 70% more.

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