I thought this as well, but you may be comparing against a Forbes richest people list. The majority of the people I talk to (even devs) think $100,000 is a very

I thought this as well, but you may be comparing against a Forbes richest people list. The majority of the people I talk to (even devs) think $100,000 is a very large sum of money. Also, just by having a decent salary in the US/Canada, income-wise you're easily the top 1% of the world: http://www.globalrichlist.com/ http://www.globalrichlist.com/