The top 10% individually was 108k in 2017. The median software engineer was making 107.6k in 2017. So, on a technicality you are wrong - most software engineer

The top 10% individually was 108k in 2017. The median software engineer was making 107.6k in 2017. So, on a technicality you are wrong - most software engineers are not in the top 10%. But even if you were right, there is a wide range of pay for software engineers, so it should not be surprising that some of those getting paid less will comment.