>"Then it doesn't matter how it compares to what software engineers are paid." I never said (or believed) that the relative amount was particularly relevant; I

>"Then it doesn't matter how it compares to what software engineers are paid." I never said (or believed) that the relative amount was particularly relevant; I had (correctly) assumed that the comparison had been made to give the HN crowd some idea of the amount those particular workers were paid without divulging exact figures.