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Re:Ask HN: Those with make 200k or more what do you do? by hapbringer on Sunday May 14, 2017 @05:05PM (#14337576)
Very interesting insight.

How much do you think this depends on the industry you're in?

For example, right now, natural language processing and machine learning are all the rage; if you were a specialist in those areas, would you be making significantly more than people in other areas?

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Re:Ask HN: Those with make 200k or more what do you do? by Artlav on Sunday May 14, 2017 @05:25PM (#14337652)
It certainly depends on the industry. I.e. here in Russia if you work in the oil industry you would be making mad amounts of money. It is hard to get into, however, and you would have to live in middle of nowhere, Siberia for years.

Not quite sure about subdivisions in tech - i never worked for any buzzword "all the rage" things. I suspect that if you are a rare expert in a field with a lot of demand, you would get a good income regardless of the level of buzz.

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