Respectfully, given the challenges in hiring, worries about ‘churn’, and the general assertion EA is ‘human capital constrained’, the market seems to disagree with you about how good jobs like these are. I won’t belabour which side the outside view would be on.
Of the available factors that may attract applicants most aren’t easily modifiable: how quickly they will grow, the likelihood of them gaining leadership responsibility, network quality and career capital, etc.. Salary is the exception to this, so I’m surprised it is not the first port of call.
Basically agree, but just an extra addition: Raising salary is not as helpful as it first looks for attracting talent, because the marginal people who get attracted by higher salaries are less EA aligned, which makes them less suitable for the role.
Respectfully, given the challenges in hiring, worries about ‘churn’, and the general assertion EA is ‘human capital constrained’, the market seems to disagree with you about how good jobs like these are. I won’t belabour which side the outside view would be on.
Of the available factors that may attract applicants most aren’t easily modifiable: how quickly they will grow, the likelihood of them gaining leadership responsibility, network quality and career capital, etc.. Salary is the exception to this, so I’m surprised it is not the first port of call.
Basically agree, but just an extra addition: Raising salary is not as helpful as it first looks for attracting talent, because the marginal people who get attracted by higher salaries are less EA aligned, which makes them less suitable for the role.