The Grapes of Wrath was banned in the USSR because showed poor people had cars

Re:The Grapes of Wrath was banned in the USSR because showed... by jacurtis on Thursday January 19, 2023 @10:04PM (#34448691)

The median income in tech (most people reading this site) is at least 4x that median, which is even more impactful.

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Re:The Grapes of Wrath was banned in the USSR because showed... by kfajdsl on Thursday January 19, 2023 @10:16PM (#34448766)

The median income in tech is $200,000?

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Re:The Grapes of Wrath was banned in the USSR because showed... by jacurtis on Thursday January 19, 2023 @10:47PM (#34448984)

I was thinking $40k x 4 which is $160k.

I just did a quick search and found several reputable sites saying the average FAANG salary is $230 (which is 5.75x).

According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), the mean software engineering salary was $136,230 in 2022. So you're right thats only 3.5x.

Notice thats the mean. I suspect the median is actually slightly higher than the mean. So i'm guesstimating here. But I stand by my rough estimate.

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Re:The Grapes of Wrath was banned in the USSR because showed... by lotsofpulp on Thursday January 19, 2023 @11:19PM (#34449214)

Why would you suspect the median is higher than the mean?

Almost all statistics related to wealth and income I have seen indicate power law distributions, which would mean median is lower than mean.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lorenz_curve

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Re:The Grapes of Wrath was banned in the USSR because showed... by nl on Thursday January 19, 2023 @10:50PM (#34449009)

This is so far from true it's hard to work out if it is supposed to be trolling or just ignorant.

The median salary of FAANG programmers in the Bay Area might be 4x that median. But I assure you that "most people reading this site" are not "FAANG programmers in the Bay Area" even if at times it might seem like they are.

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