Can confirm - though I’m younger than the BBC Micro generation. After I got my BSc in CS I got a job offer from a west-coast FAANG company. My friends I went to uni with who are still in the UK doing jobs that require their degree make about 1/4 to 1/2 what I do, and I don’t even think I’m particularly good at what I do either. I note that at the pay-scales we’re talking about the “hidden” differences in CoL (like healthcare costs, etc) don’t really matter anymore.