So for me this begs the question, how do you get to this point? I've never cared too much about compensation, since though I went to a good school, I did the co

So for me this begs the question, how do you get to this point? I've never cared too much about compensation, since though I went to a good school, I did the computer science major pretty quickly and after graduation am working at a start-up I think is great. Should the goal be to spend time studying for interviews, or is this some other strategy? This article assumes you're at some level to command this level of compensation, but how do you get to that level to begin with? I know the classic advice: do good work, write excellent code, etc, but is there more specific advice?