There are basically three: 1. Startups, where you are the founder. 2. algo finance 3. MFAANG, v. well-funded startups, as an employee. It's very hard to "h

There are basically three: 1. Startups, where you are the founder. 2. algo finance 3. MFAANG, v. well-funded startups, as an employee. It's very hard to "hire good programmers," because we tend not to agree on what "good programmers" even look like (see the 1000+ thread on tech interviews from yesterday). If you want to get well for writing software, those top three are your options. #1 and #2 pay you for value, #3 pays for interview performance.