> A world class pianist makes 25 to 75k per show. Far more than any developer lazy or not. Even if we picked such an outlier, the bookings would be sparse. A

> A world class pianist makes 25 to 75k per show. Far more than any developer lazy or not. Even if we picked such an outlier, the bookings would be sparse. A mediocre SWE in the Bay Area has a paycheck every 2 weeks over the course of decades. > And someone majoring in math can go as far as someone majoring in engineering The choice in my personal story was about becoming a professional mathematician, not majoring in math and then getting a job in engineering. The latter in fact is what I did.