Generally: No. If you're willing to work in finance or similar soul-sucking industry that's definitely doable. If you want to work in most other fields then n

Generally: No. If you're willing to work in finance or similar soul-sucking industry that's definitely doable. If you want to work in most other fields then no. Certainly no (good) startup is paying $200k cash compensation to their programmers. I'd say $150k is around the ceiling if you value the quality of work/company. Much more common is $120k-$140k for a good and experienced programmer at a good company. This all assumes you're in a major US city.