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Re:From a Lorry Driver to Ruby on Rails Developer at 38 by lannisterstark on Sunday April 21, 2024 @11:17PM (#40111165)
>I swear most devs on HN have had their brains addled by inflated salaries.

Are you sure it's not just a coping mechanism (I can't find the right word, sorry), for those who didn't get those salaries to say this line?

Even in PHX my company offers 95k as starting base for junior devs.

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Re:From a Lorry Driver to Ruby on Rails Developer at 38 by hirvi74 on Monday April 22, 2024 @10:30PM (#40127846)
I am seriously getting shafted then. That is more than I make currently as a developer, and I have almost 8 years of experience (I also live in the US).
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