ND Why programmers are not paid in proportion to their productivity (www.johndcook.com)
285 points by shawndumas 5443 days ago | 187 comments on HN ~lite vlite-2.0
Summary ~lite
The article discusses why programmers' pay does not correlate with productivity.
Lite evaluation by llama-4-scout-wai-psq · editorial channel only · no per-section breakdown available
Longitudinal · 2 evals
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Audit Trail 5 entries
2026-03-22 01:38 eval_success PSQ evaluated: g-PSQ=0.280 (3 dims) - -
2026-03-22 01:38 eval Evaluated by llama-4-scout-wai-psq: +0.28 (Mild positive)
2026-03-22 01:34 eval_success Lite evaluated: Neutral (-0.07) - -
2026-03-22 01:34 eval Evaluated by llama-4-scout-wai: -0.07 (Neutral)
reasoning
Technical blog post on programmer productivity, no human rights discussion
2026-03-22 01:34 rater_validation_warn Lite validation warnings for model llama-4-scout-wai: 1W 0R - -