Dharmesh Shah, Co-Founder of the Hustle, Discusses Compensation Being One Factor of Value From a Job

Name: Dharmesh Shah, Co-Founder of the Hustle, Discusses Compensation Being One Factor of Value From a Job
Uploaded: 2022-08-17T00:16:54+00:00
Duration: 24 s
Channel: Sam Parr
Description: In this brief excerpt, Dharmesh Shah argues that salary or compensation should be viewed as just one dimension of the overall value a job provides. He…

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In this brief excerpt, Dharmesh Shah argues that salary or compensation should be viewed as just one dimension of the overall value a job provides. He highlights three additional, equally important dimensions: the learning opportunities a role offers, the professional network one builds while at the company, and the emotional satisfaction derived from enjoying coworkers and the work itself. Shah suggests that many people over‑emphasize compensation and under‑appreciate these other factors, which together form a more holistic assessment of a job’s worth.

The salary/compensation is just one vector of value that you get from a company that you join, right? Another one that you get is you get the learning, whatever it is that they expose you to. Another one that you get is a network that you build while you're there, right? So there's all these other things that also in kind of an aggregate, and maybe I think it's common for people to over-index on the compensation and under-index on other things. And then there's just the raw emotional value. Do you like being around the people that you're around? Do you enjoy the idea that you're working on? You know, those things matter as it turns out.