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Re:One-Percenters Close to Surpassing Wealth of U.S. Middle ... by snoman on Saturday November 09, 2019 @10:50AM (#21492184)
I'm not sure what you're talking about. That's 420,000/y. That's no ordinary tech worker, or even most extraordinary ones. You're a C-suite executive if you're making that kind of money, even in a ridiculous CoL area like SF.
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Re:One-Percenters Close to Surpassing Wealth of U.S. Middle ... by mrep on Saturday November 09, 2019 @11:15AM (#21492328)
L6 at Google pays $490,000 a year [0] and 90+ percent of first layer managers at GAFAM are L6 or above. While getting into GAFAM and becoming a manager isn't a stroll in the park, it definitely doesn't require you to be extraordinary.

[0]: https://www.levels.fyi/salary/Google/

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Re:One-Percenters Close to Surpassing Wealth of U.S. Middle ... by CPLX on Saturday November 09, 2019 @11:30AM (#21492426)
> it definitely doesn't require you to be extraordinary

Yes, it does.

Being in the top 1% is extraordinary. It’s a tautology, it’s not really arguable.

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Re:One-Percenters Close to Surpassing Wealth of U.S. Middle ... by mrep on Saturday November 09, 2019 @12:03PM (#21492657)
In the metric of income in relation to the entire US population, sure. In regards to the ordinary tech worker in a ridiculous CoL area like SF, no it definitely does not require you to be extraordinary to join one of the higher paying companies and work your way into management.
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Re:One-Percenters Close to Surpassing Wealth of U.S. Middle ... by CPLX on Saturday November 09, 2019 @12:35PM (#21492833)
You are correct that in a group of extraordinary people it is more common to find extraordinary people.
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