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Re:It’s better to be born rich than gifted by Hydraulix989 on Saturday October 13, 2018 @07:07PM (#18210484)
Mean IQ world-wide (and also in America) is 100. Software engineers here in San Francisco are nowhere close to average intelligence across the US. Data shows differences across professions for IQ, and software engineering lands firmly on the 2 stddev (130 IQ) mark. Remember, populations aren't distributed evenly, and smarter people than average tend to end up in SF Bay. It's difficult to be well-calibrated if you haven't spend enough time outside the bubble here.
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Re:It’s better to be born rich than gifted by Kaveren on Saturday October 13, 2018 @07:51PM (#18210611)
I'm open to being wrong here, but where can I find a source on this?

I only found this one chart [1], and the mean averages seem to be lower than 130. I have no idea how reliable this is. I can't speak to San Francisco at all, but I can't find the data.

I'd also include "web developer" with software engineer, and everyone with no knowledge of CS theory, just all software developers in my opinion.

[1] http://www.iqcomparisonsite.com/Occupations.aspx

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Re:It’s better to be born rich than gifted by Hydraulix989 on Sunday October 14, 2018 @03:57PM (#18214915)
Without doing too much digging, one of the first results in my quick Google search suggested a 128 IQ average:

https://www.electronicproducts.com/News/Engineer_vs_engineer...

Google and Facebook engineers even push 140 IQ when you look at how selective they are. For example, many Top 10 university graduates work there, and just based on SAT score acceptances alone, the average IQ at a top US university crosses 140-150 easily.

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Re:It’s better to be born rich than gifted by Kaveren on Sunday October 14, 2018 @04:21PM (#18215089)
I still disagree on the IQ requirement for money, but looks like you're right about this. I was mistakenly searching for "average IQ by profession", rather than "average iq for engineers". Thank you for the link!
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Re:It’s better to be born rich than gifted by Hydraulix989 on Sunday October 14, 2018 @04:51PM (#18215249)
Right, I wouldn't call it a "requirement" per se, but not having such a high IQ is like being only 6 feet tall in the NBA. It takes some serious cognitive abilities to be able to amass 8 figures without any prior family fortune of any sort.
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