> but bay area engineers pissing about making ONLY 300K has always come off as being a bunch of spoilt brats - especially considering the vast majority just gem/npm/pip install this and that and glue all the code together. Of course the market deserves to pay accordingly but I think it's just a big bubble that's going to crash soon - since there is a huge mismatch between demand and supply of CRUD glue programmers (which most programmers are).

Seriously? Why the hate?

300k is Tier 1 (FAANG) and 2 companies. They don't just do CRUD. Those that do CRUD probably work on the SETI/Infra/Tooling division for the BigCos and even some of these "Tool-Devs" created amazing OSS tools. Do you suggest they should be treated as 2nd class citizens and get paid half of the "product" people and creating an old-time rift?

I've seen a few Bootcampers that get a job in Tier 1 and 2 companies but they have "solid" background/previous experience (hardcore Math, Stats, Data Scientist switching to SWE, greybeard embedded software engineers), just not up to date skill set.

This whole "salaries" will crash down demise has been around forever and it hasn't happened yet just like any other "demise" prediction.

I'd suggest people not to hate the situation: our sector/field is getting paid serious money, why the envy/jealousy/negativity?

Do you like the situation where hi-tech industry as a cutthroat, no-union, rampant ageism, low-paying wage?

Think of the bigger picture here...