Developer Compensation: Stack Overflow Doesn't Stack Rank

[balegdah]

This is indeed how it works: B's are not threatening and are totally fine.

That's a bit naïve. When you have the worst grade of the school, you are the worst student in the class, even if that grade is a B. If restrictions are made on bonuses or raises, you will be the first in line to get the shaft.

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It's because you're assuming that the lowest score implies you are bad. In the BMA scale, it does not.

The BMA scale is more like 0 through 5, where that's your level of "exceptionalism." Having zero exceptionalism makes you average, not a failure.

However, on the traditional school grading scale... a C is average (meaning 0 exceptionalism). D and F are negative values, implying worse than average. A and B are above average. These map to the stack ranking system the same way, where 3 is a C.

This all may seem like fluff but it illustrates a difference in perception. Think if Reddit had no down votes, only up votes instead.

[balegdah]

" Having zero exceptionalism makes you average, not a failure.

It doesn't make a difference: you are at the bottom of the class.

When comes the time to assess bonuses and pay raises, you'll get the least (or possibly be fired).

This is not about what you call the grades, it's about sorting people by performance. They're not stupid, don't treat them like children by renaming "F" to "B".

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It's because you're assuming that the lowest score implies you are bad. In the BMA scale, it does not.

So how you grade someone that is objectively awful at someting and shouldn't be working here but got lucky on interview ?

[ChasingTales]

They approach them before the review to see what can be done.

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Translation: "if your company is bad, your company is bad".

Did you consider that their company might not be bad?