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Re:Poll: Full-time software engineers in London, what's your... by ivix on Saturday June 01, 2013 @02:40PM (#5805292)
Yes, see here: http://www.thisismoney.co.uk/money/article-2269520/Best-paid...

Some people seem dissapointed that developers are not being paid more than airline pilots: it's just not realistic outside of a boom economy (see: bay area).

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Re:Poll: Full-time software engineers in London, what's your... by khuey on Saturday June 01, 2013 @06:59PM (#5806426)
Why is that not realistic? An airline pilot can only fly one plane at a time. No matter how much he/she trains there are severe physical limitations on the value they can create. Software engineers can easily write code that generates millions of dollars of ongoing value and scales infinitely.
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