Pay What You're Worth, No Salary Schedule

“sheet, but one indication is salary. CA’s average annual salary of $48,000 is at least a third higher than that of highly stratified companies like IBM. Unlike IBM, CA does not bother with a salary schedule—you get what you’re worth. A rookie program- mer starting at $30,000 may see his salary double in a year. And CA is almost certainly the only company in the world willing to pay an engineer not yet out of his twenties a salary, before bonuses, of close to $200,000.”

““Stars, we're always looking for stars. ‘Where are the stars?’ We're always asking this question, and always looking.’’ Con- sidering that a pro quarterback’s value diminishes rapidly after about six years, and considering as well that a star programmer becomes more valuable every day for up to forty years, the CA programmer makes and earns far more. Charles: “You've got”