> Suppose you are one of the people hired out of school for $200k+. What happens in 10 or 15 years when you are no longer the shiny new thing, don't have the tr

> Suppose you are one of the people hired out of school for $200k+. What happens in 10 or 15 years when you are no longer the shiny new thing, don't have the trendy skills, and have been working for boring companies? I know several people like this. They'll either progress into principal tech level at the same or similar tier companies, or at worst retire. Unless the bottom falls out under the market those people aren't going to revert to the mean. ...and to be clear, the stuff Dan discussed doesn't really apply if you're one of those people hired for $230k new grad at Google or Facebook or Stripe or Lyft or whatever. Just the name is enough at that point.