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> able to fetch over $500,00 USD By far this not the case. Most will be around 1/3rd that (according to the salary reports i've read) .
by maerF0x0 9y ago
> able to fetch over $500,00 USD
By far this not the case. Most will be around 1/3rd that (according to the salary reports i've read) .
- peripitea 9y agoAs someone who works/hires in the field, the salary reports are all wrong. I have not seen a single one yet that was close to accurate. In software a 90th percentile engineer can easily make 2-3x what a 50th percentile engineer makes. (And it can get even crazier as you move higher up the tail.) This is not true in virtually any other industry, which seems to cause problems for the salary reports.
- maerF0x0 9y agoOk, thats all good. But is HN giving advice for the 90ths percentile or the 50th?