Why great programmers don’t make as much money as soccer stars?
In a recent blog article, Soon Hui considered the different in pay scale between highly skilled developers and stars in other fields, such as music and sports. It is not hard to understand why they can’t do as much as rock stars. The main reason is that programmers are not able to run the show alone. Programmers have to work in a team if they really want to do anything of moderately large scale. However, this is not the whole reason for the comparatively low pay scale, because there is another category of stars that make millions and need to work on teams to make things happen: soccer players. In the world of soccer, however, the difference is that the quality of the team is highly influenced by quality of its best player (being a Brazilian, I am very familiar with how soccer teams work). It is frequently the case that, in a competitive league, just having the player won’t be enough to win the title, but it will make a heck of a difference. You can certainly see where a very talented s
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