I suspect the average US "Senior SWE" is lucky to retire after decades of work having broken $200,000 compensation. For every 20-30-40something FAANG engineer

I suspect the average US "Senior SWE" is lucky to retire after decades of work having broken $200,000 compensation. For every 20-30-40something FAANG engineer making $300-500k+, there are legions upon legions of SWEs working at IT-as-a-cost-center non-tech companies making a fraction of that amount.