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The fresh graduate salary for 100k is higher than the majority of US workers will peak during their entire career of 50 years (adjusted for inflation). Think a

• luxurytent 5y ago
  Yes. My friend and I are both self taught engineers (as are several others in our social circle — all coming from similar roots and places) We are continuously flabbergasted how much we are paid, and it’s not even FAANG levels; still, it’s more than many other skilled and important roles in the workforce. Part of me understands that there’s still a lot of money to be made and thus, salaries should continue to be high but other parts of me wonder (especially with increased ability to work anywhere) when/if we’ll see salaries normalize.
  • uejfiweun 5y ago
    Salaries won't decrease until the demand of people to work in tech eclipses the demand of society for new tech. This works both ways. If a ton of people suddenly become interested in coding, this could pop the bubble. And if society suddenly stops demanding new technology (perhaps due to some catastrophic hack), then the bubble pops as well. The scary thing is that the latter is probably more likely to happen than the former.
    • comprev 5y ago
      The high demand is for experienced developers and not juniors. In recent years there has been an uptick in coding interest and the pool of newcomers is bigger than ever before. However, the _quality_ of this torrent of new developers is seen to be lower than previous years.
• whimsicalism 5y ago
  Yes, the majority of American (and global) workers will not be able to retire in their 30s.