Like everyone else... I couldn't get past the repeating theme: > But the total comp for “a good hacker” is $250k+/yr, not even counting perks like free food an

Like everyone else... I couldn't get past the repeating theme: > But the total comp for “a good hacker” is $250k+/yr, not even counting perks like free food and having really solid insurance Maybe that's anecdotally true for the big companies in a small high demand area of the country (really just the bay) but not so most everywhere else. Probably why Paul Graham used a figure less than 1/2 that. With that figure exaggerated, I'm not sure I can take any other points made here seriously...