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5. Become a top developer at a big software company. (A variation on 3. You probably won't earn $100 million, but you could definitely earn $1 million. ) D

5. Become a top developer at a big software company. (A variation on 3. You probably won't earn $100 million, but you could definitely earn $1 million. ) Do you mean $1 million/year as a software developer? Details, please! 6. Become a top performer in entertainment (music, sports, movies). A fun fact ignored by most people: it isn't just CEO pay that has skyrocketed over the years. Alex Rodrieguez gets $33 million/year, at his peak Babe Ruth got (inflation adjusted) $1.1 million. See the "superstar effect" http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2039498 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2039498

yummyfajitas 16y ago
Do you mean $1 million/year as a software developer? Details, please! http://www.businessinsider.com/google-engineer-gets-6-million-for-not-going-to-facebook-2010-11 http://www.businessinsider.com/google-engineer-gets-6-millio... I seriously doubt Google is paying him 30x his yearly salary not to jump ship for Facebook. I also happen to know a few cases of million dollar quants being poached from financial companies to software companies (specifically IBM, MS, and a couple of smaller companies I'd probably do better not to mention by name).