My point here has nothing to do with CEO pay. Or engineer pay.
My point is that dev pay being off a few percent since 2020 because of high inflation does not by itself decide the question of whether they're overpaid or not.
Patrick Mahomes doesn't get a pay raise adjustment every year for inflation. That doesn't mean his $500m football contract makes him underpaid.
The grandparent comment reads as if devs are underpaid because their pay isn't fully keeping up with some unusual inflation since 2020.
Engineers might not be underpaid due to inflation, but inflation can make them feel underpaid, because they're getting paid less than they were. They see that they're doing the same work as before but getting less for it, and thus the current amount must be too low. The idea that the previous amount was too high is less likely to occur to them.
My point is that dev pay being off a few percent since 2020 because of high inflation does not by itself decide the question of whether they're overpaid or not.
Patrick Mahomes doesn't get a pay raise adjustment every year for inflation. That doesn't mean his $500m football contract makes him underpaid.
The grandparent comment reads as if devs are underpaid because their pay isn't fully keeping up with some unusual inflation since 2020.