Not at all. It's a meeting of four people, each of them making ~$75k, which is about half of what a skilled and experienced programmer (HN audience?) commands these days.

You have to remember the employer's overhead, as well - things like office space, computers, electricity, health insurance contributions, etc etc etc.

When you start talking about the HN crowd, it's a lunch meeting of two people in the lobby of a pretty normal office.