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Re:The highest paid workers in Silicon Valley are product ma... by not_real_acct on Monday October 15, 2018 @04:27PM (#18223379)
In my experience, there's very little correlation between salary and longevity. There definitely seems to be a correlation between salary and "demand."

For instance, Kubernetes is really hot right now, and there's a limited supply of people who know it, so people that know it can make upwards of $200K.

OTOH, you could be the world's greatest Windows admin and you'll be lucky to make half that, because there's a million people who know Windows.

TLDR: specialization is more lucrative than sheer hard work and expertise.

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Re:The highest paid workers in Silicon Valley are product ma... by ghaff on Monday October 15, 2018 @06:00PM (#18224226)
Yes, although you always need to be looking toward the future. The market for Y2K consultants, even "world class" ones, wasn't so good in 2002. (Admittedly for a variety of reasons in addition to the obvious one.)
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