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Re:The U.S. Air Force learned to code and saved the Pentagon... by toomanybeersies on Friday July 06, 2018 @01:56AM (#17469231)
It doesn't strictly require an undergrad, no, but it helps to have one.

And $240k is very high for a non-management job, and compared to the median income and the minimum wage for the USA is obscenely high. Median household income is ~$60k, and median personal income is ~$30k. Minimum wage in the USA is around $15k.

In my books, 8 times the median income, or 16 times the minimum wage, is obscenely high. That kind of income disparity is not good for society.

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Re:The U.S. Air Force learned to code and saved the Pentagon... by SEJeff on Friday July 06, 2018 @10:44AM (#17471778)
My point was that it is not high in the world of software development. There are ranges much higher than the GP's stated $240k. I work in an industry where that is the case (finance).
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