Starting salary for a beginner SWE in 1995 was $55K, 1999 was $75K, now it's $120K. It sounds good, but it turns out to be only 5% per year, every year. Still b

Starting salary for a beginner SWE in 1995 was $55K, 1999 was $75K, now it's $120K. It sounds good, but it turns out to be only 5% per year, every year. Still beats inflation by quite a lot.