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Assuming you're talking about USD: are there really any/many programmers making 7 figures? (Except for those that got lucky with shares)
by p1necone 8y ago
Assuming you're talking about USD: are there really any/many programmers making 7 figures? (Except for those that got lucky with shares)
- hhs 8y agoIndeed, this is a good question. Along with 7 figures, what about assets vs liabilities: I'm curious how many programmers think about this part of the equation over their career? Except for shares, as you write, I wonder how many are investing those assets into new ideas - to, in turn, build more valuable assets to grow their wealth?
- hn_throwaway_99 8y agoThere are certainly not many, but there are definitely some top programmers in the US making 7 figures. This article was widely discussed on HN a year ago: https://www.nytimes.com/2018/04/19/technology/artificial-intelligence-salaries-openai.html https://www.nytimes.com/2018/04/19/technology/artificial-int.... And that article only highlights my point. When it comes to AI, the very best solutions will take virtually all of the value. If your autonomous car program only fails .0000001% but another autonomous car program fails even less often at .00000005%, eventually the first program is going to be essentially worthless. Of course programs are not always exactly comparable along a single metric, but my point should be clear.
- krapht 8y agoI don't understand why that would be the case. Unless the autonomous car program is free, there will always be room for a lower-quality, cheaper alternative.
- hn_throwaway_99 8y agoIf one program is provably safer, companies who use the less-safe version could be liable for accidents caused by it. A similar thing happened with "SawStop" technology: https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2017/08/patent-disputes-stand-in-the-way-of-radically-safer-table-saws/ https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2017/08/patent-disputes-...