Re:Ask HN: People making $150k+ / yr, what was your career p...
by ascotan on Wednesday April 20, 2016 @01:07PM
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Salary is a function of perceived importance it has nothing to do with the language. There just appear to be a lot of high paying Java jobs, because there are a lot of companies still using Java as their lingua franca.
Most programers will tell you that the pay scale in software is like a hockey stick curve. Up really fast then flat line. Therefore, you move to the top of the S curve and then stick around long enough to approximate O(n).
Re:Ask HN: People making $150k+ / yr, what was your career p...
by infinii on Thursday April 21, 2016 @04:49AM
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Strange that you use a hockey stick for your analogy when most would visualize it the opposite; flat and then a steep incline. As that's how it's held.
Most programers will tell you that the pay scale in software is like a hockey stick curve. Up really fast then flat line. Therefore, you move to the top of the S curve and then stick around long enough to approximate O(n).