So much to analyze here, but I would just say one thing: I think that the majority of devs in the US don't know or believe that there are tens of thousands of t

So much to analyze here, but I would just say one thing: I think that the majority of devs in the US don't know or believe that there are tens of thousands of their peers making 2x - 5x as much as them. I routinely see people here on HN essentially refuse to believe that there are devs in SF getting $300k to $500k at Google/Apple/Amazon/Facebook/etc. So maybe it's more that they don't know it's an option as opposed to not being able or willing to do so?