> but salary isn't based on how special you are, it's based on what you're worth Sorry, but that's just bullshit. Salary and skills are correlated very loosel

> but salary isn't based on how special you are, it's based on what you're worth Sorry, but that's just bullshit. Salary and skills are correlated very loosely. The salary spread among (roughly) equally skilled developers is enormous. It's up to you which side of spectrum to be on.