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That was a competitive salary when I started in 2005.
by mrits 3y ago
That was a competitive salary when I started in 2005.
- hotnfresh 3y agoWell, it'd also represent a raise for about 50% of programmers in 2022. [EDIT] Further: "The lowest 10 percent earned less than $54,310, and the highest 10 percent earned more than $157,690." (in 2022, still). The ones who can retire in 20 years are making (ballpark) top-5%-of-field wages most or all of that time. [EDIT EDIT] I didn't pick the best category for this, but the numbers only skew up 25ish % for the most-relevant one. Not a single BLS computer job category has a median particularly close to "retire in 20 years at this income" money. FAANG, finance, and a small segment of the startup market that's in that same category—yeah. Almost all the rest? No.