Developers — here is the best WHY to quit your 9–5 job
A senior dev whom I respect for his technical prowess called me this morning. He called to fret over the meagre 12% raise he got, against a junior dev working under him and got 40% raise — his compensation now totaling 85% of the senior dev supervising 10 other junior devs like him.
I didn’t know how to console him. I gave him the best I could — by listening to him for 30 long minutes.
Then I realized it wasn’t the best thing I could do for him.
This morning I came across a news item about Palitana’s Harmonium reeds that Bollywood movie artists unilaterally applaud. Run by mostly uneducated metal and carpentry workers — this Indian town took up manufacturing them to serve the British dynasty in 1902.
Their fortunes turned after world war II when most British colonies boycotted goods manufactured in Germany, harmoniums included. The 114-year-old firm that professes in this art is still leading Google search results for the phrase “Harmonium reeds” globally. It is supplying worldwide through amazon too.
The key to their success is not automation, but a deep understanding of the craft improved manually over generations.
That, combined with understanding for industry needs.
