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A comment on Ask HN: Does the rest of the world realize just how much money SWEs can make?.

Re:Ask HN: Does the rest of the world realize just how much ... by vidanay on Saturday January 22, 2022 @01:38PM (#30039504)
> That's off by about an order of magnitude.

I think you don't understand what an order of magnitude means.

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Re:Ask HN: Does the rest of the world realize just how much ... by ajkjk on Saturday January 22, 2022 @01:40PM (#30039523)
Maybe it's base two.
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Re:Ask HN: Does the rest of the world realize just how much ... by vidanay on Saturday January 22, 2022 @01:41PM (#30039530)
Listen here you little shit....

/s

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Re:Ask HN: Does the rest of the world realize just how much ... by savorypiano on Saturday January 22, 2022 @03:23PM (#30040487)
Ugh, I just laughed at loud with this exchange.
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Re:Ask HN: Does the rest of the world realize just how much ... by baron816 on Saturday January 22, 2022 @01:43PM (#30039551)
I do. There are software engineers out there making >$1 million/year TC. Very rare, but they exist.
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Re:Ask HN: Does the rest of the world realize just how much ... by thunkshift1 on Monday January 24, 2022 @12:02PM (#30060437)
‘Very rare’ is the key here.. your post seems to imply its very common
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Re:Ask HN: Does the rest of the world realize just how much ... by Ternari on Saturday January 22, 2022 @01:47PM (#30039586)
No, they’re right. A non-negligible amount of software engineers in the US make >$1.2M per year.
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