What do you consider “lucrative”? Even when you hear anecdotes on HN after accounting for survivorship bias about posters who have their small “lifestyle busine

What do you consider “lucrative”? Even when you hear anecdotes on HN after accounting for survivorship bias about posters who have their small “lifestyle business” rarely do they talk about netting in the mid $150s - the amount that a fresh college grad can get by “grinding LeetCode and working for a FAANG” (tm r/cscareerquestions) let alone the amount that you can get as a senior dev at the same question.