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Re:Beside a startup, what are the other ways to significant ... by jacquesm on Tuesday June 02, 2015 @02:29AM (#9644228)
He's not that much of an outlier as you may think, he's exceptional though to be making that kind of money and openly talking about it.
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Re:Beside a startup, what are the other ways to significant ... by PostOnce on Tuesday June 02, 2015 @08:49AM (#9645465)
It's hard to see beyond your circle.

If you know a dozen people making 500k, it doesn't seem that uncommon to make 500k.

And yet 40% of Americans earn under 20k.

40%! http://www.ssa.gov/cgi-bin/netcomp.cgi?year=2012

Lots of developer salaries are around 60k, some lower, some higher, almost none exceed 100k if you actually look into percentages.

HN is a strange echo chamber with regards to money, it feels like everyone is making a killing, and really, almost no one is.

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Re:Beside a startup, what are the other ways to significant ... by angelbob on Tuesday June 02, 2015 @12:07PM (#9646797)
I've heard this said. However, I'm pretty sure most of the companies I've worked for have nobody in this category, at least among developers.

I work for small tech companies (generally under 50 devs) though. I can believe it's more common in big tech companies, where I just don't know.

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