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Re:I Don’t Care How Well You Code, Understand Your Compensation by jazzyk on Tuesday August 09, 2016 @09:24AM (#12254293)
Being a policeman can be a tough, dangerous job. But I don't think they are underpaid, at least not in Massachusetts - Police Trooper, 1st class can make $130K-$180K. They also get generous pensions (state employees).
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Re:I Don’t Care How Well You Code, Understand Your Compensation by ryandrake on Tuesday August 09, 2016 @09:56AM (#12254483)
Yea, top ones. This sounds like the same old argument: "A handful of top programmers at Google make $300k! Therefore programmers in general make a lot."
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Re:I Don’t Care How Well You Code, Understand Your Compensation by jazzyk on Tuesday August 09, 2016 @10:22AM (#12254645)
There are ~1800 police officers (out of 3185 listed in the DB) in MA alone who make > $100K [1]. Not too shabby either.

Also, to make $300K at Google you have to be a genius, to make $200K as a State Trooper, no college degree is required, only some seniority and overtime.

[1] http://www.masslive.com/politics/index.ssf/2015/03/massachus...

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