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Re:Google admits brainteasers were useless for hiring (2013) by deaddodo on Thursday May 31, 2018 @09:01PM (#17201714)
Which is why I used the national median. And also pointed out the skewing. Since there are a ton of SWE in SF making 140-190k (and more with experience + title increases). But you're unlikely to make anywhere near that in Indianapolis, Cleveland, Mobile, etc.

Petroleum engineers, on the other hand, make 100+k in pretty much any region.

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Re:Google admits brainteasers were useless for hiring (2013) by jeffreyrogers on Friday June 01, 2018 @02:45PM (#17208678)
Well being a petroleum engineer does limit you to regions that have oil and gas (or I guess you could work at a refinery too), but I see your point that there are some engineers who are compensated similarly to software engineers. I am not sure what their hiring process is like though.
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