If you spend your time around highly-paid software professionals, $30k-$50k may not seem great. When you consider that the median income in the country is $31,

If you spend your time around highly-paid software professionals, $30k-$50k may not seem great. When you consider that the median income in the country is $31,099[1], making more than half the population is pretty great. At the upper end of that range, you are in the top 30%. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Personal_income_in_the_United_States https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Personal_income_in_the_United_...