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Re:Why So Many Rich People Don’t Feel Very Rich by LiveTheDream on Tuesday January 11, 2011 @12:06PM (#2092571) 

    5. Become a top developer at a big software company.
    (A variation on 3. You probably won't earn $100 million, but you could definitely earn $1 million. )
Do you mean $1 million/year as a software developer? Details, please!

    6. Become a top performer in entertainment (music, sports, movies).
    A fun fact ignored by most people: it isn't just CEO pay that has skyrocketed over the years. Alex Rodrieguez gets $33 million/year, at his peak Babe Ruth got (inflation adjusted) $1.1 million.
See the "superstar effect" http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2039498
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Re:Why So Many Rich People Don’t Feel Very Rich by yummyfajitas on Tuesday January 11, 2011 @12:55PM (#2092792)
Do you mean $1 million/year as a software developer? Details, please!

http://www.businessinsider.com/google-engineer-gets-6-millio...

I seriously doubt Google is paying him 30x his yearly salary not to jump ship for Facebook.

I also happen to know a few cases of million dollar quants being poached from financial companies to software companies (specifically IBM, MS, and a couple of smaller companies I'd probably do better not to mention by name).

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