We are literally in a forum discussing tech worker salaries.

Yes, I make an amount of money that puts me in an extremely high percentile relative to the world population. But pointing that out in a context where it's completely relevant is just conversation, not bragging.

Do you think I go around showing my W2 to random financially struggling strangers, or something? I don't.

By the way it's not as atypical as you might think, for top tech/finance jobs in the Bay Area or NYC. I know lots of people making these salaries, at companies other than mine.

As an aside: I didn't make any claims at all about whether I thought my pay was high or low, fair or unfair, whether I deserved more, how it compared to anyone else's in any other industry, etc. etc., so why exactly are you claiming I "lack perspective"? I don't think I displayed either perspective or lack thereof with my totally neutral statements.

This is great. Though I must say that more than few people here believe they deserve $200K+ pay for next generation CRUD app.

There are more than a few people that believe they deserve $1m+ for throwing or kicking a ball. I hope you look down on them as well.

This kind of statement helps people understand the challenges France is going to have in luring the top software-engineers away from America. I know it hurts people's ego when they hear someone with less experience making more than them, but put that aside and recognize that it adds to the discussion.

Weren't a some people pushing for more people to talk about their compensation?

If he or she works for a Google or a Yahoo, lives in a place like NYC, and has an advanced degree, it might be quite average.

I, for one, would appreciate it if more people would talk compensation.