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Most engineers are not making said numbers, even at big places like Google. Besides, 1.5 million A DAY, is near a billion a year, which is an absurdly high num
by tukantje 4y ago
Most engineers are not making said numbers, even at big places like Google.
Besides, 1.5 million A DAY, is near a billion a year, which is an absurdly high number. Especially if said person cries about "inflated tech salaries". You can't ignore these people have exceptional talent, in one of the highest cost of living cities.
Finally, what do these people get for 300k salaries (which was the most common number used for Google, for example)? If you stop looking at the number but the life quality, and what these people have, you will notice quickly that most of it is what we would classify as middle class a couple decades ago.
- giantg2 4y agoMiddle class is defined using a range of the Area Median Income (AMI). This measure accounts for the income based in a specific locale to determine if you are middle class or not. For San Francisco, the upper limit for middle class is around $225-250k (2x AMI) per household. A single person earning $300k is above middle class. If we look solely at quality of life (which you don't even define), then the results are meaningless. Even if the things they have would have been considered middle class decades ago, they are not middle class now due to population increase and density increase in that area (you can't all have SFH in the finite space). Or possible if you mean the quality of has overall decreased, then those people still have more that the people who are currently middle class. I don't think quality of life has actually gone down, but I'd be interested in numbers either way.