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> Simply by virtue of being professionals in the US, they are part of the 1%. most white collar professionals, SWEs included, are not even close to being in th

> Simply by virtue of being professionals in the US, they are part of the 1%. most white collar professionals, SWEs included, are not even close to being in the 1%. the 1% income bucket for the whole country starts around $350k, so roughly an L5 at google.

dragonwriter 5y ago
I think the grandparent is referring to US professionals tending to be in the global 1%, not the US local 1%.
- wyre 5y ago
  The global 1% cutoff is around $35,000, which is ironically very close to the median income in the US.
- nefitty 5y ago
  Yes, that is what I meant. I could have clarified.