There are a lot of literalists in this thread. The average wage is dragged down because the age distribution leans so far to the left. That is, the average wa

There are a lot of literalists in this thread. The average wage is dragged down because the age distribution leans so far to the left. That is, the average wage disguises the wages made by staff/principal engineers, which can be 3-5x the comp numbers commonly tossed around for SV engineers.