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Re:Alphabet's Median Pay Nears $200k by mywittyname on Monday April 30, 2018 @12:37PM (#16960049)
Do you own your own business? It's definitely possible to earn that much when you run a successful website or app. But I have a really hard time believing developer salaries are $300k+ at companies outside of CA/WA/NY.

The national median is right around $100k.

Developers that earn significantly more than that have significant ownership stakes in the company, highly desirable skill-sets, or notoriety in the field.

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Re:Alphabet's Median Pay Nears $200k by jasonkester on Monday April 30, 2018 @01:12PM (#16960353)
At the moment, yes. In the context of my above reply, no.

Personally, I prefer to listen to the person who has tried a thing and declared it possible, rather than the person who has never tried that thing and declared it impossible.

Sadly, this thread (and others like it) fill up quickly with that latter group.

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Re:Alphabet's Median Pay Nears $200k by mywittyname on Monday April 30, 2018 @03:53PM (#16961682)
You are absolutely unique. The fact that you have no problem pulling down a salary that's 3 times the median yet don't appreciate that fact suggests that you work in a bubble.

You're typical mid-western Java dev is not going to get a job for $300k. Or anywhere remotely close to it. Those salaries are for very specialized roles and consultants.

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