I dunno looking at the SO developer survey most respondents were reporting 5+ years experience. Out of interest I had a look at roles advertised on indeed.com

I dunno looking at the SO developer survey most respondents were reporting 5+ years experience. Out of interest I had a look at roles advertised on indeed.com in Atlanta and SF for SREs and data scientists. Estimated ranges seemed to match SO survey results reasonably well. Maybe both just have bad data. I don’t doubt that there’s some great tech salaries on offer in the US but I do suspect the massive salaries reported here aren’t necessarily representative. Nor of course is 250k/year in Australia.