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Total comp for experienced software engineers in Silicon Valley exceeded $750k/yr for several years. Your argument makes no sense. It was a bubble, but a bubb
by lazide 2y ago
Total comp for experienced software engineers in Silicon Valley exceeded $750k/yr for several years.
Your argument makes no sense.
It was a bubble, but a bubble that has been inflated for a very long time.
- AnthonyMouse 2y agoWhether software engineers making $750k/year is a bubble has nothing to do with my argument at all. The average annual wages in the US are ~$77,000, compared to ~$55,000 for France or the UK.
- lazide 2y agoCite? Overall in the US I’m showing about $60k. [https://www.usatoday.com/money/blueprint/business/hr-payroll/average-salary-us/#source https://www.usatoday.com/money/blueprint/business/hr-payroll...]. For software engineers, it absolutely matters. For the same reason it’s going to be a pretty weird discussion about Actor/Actress pay if you just ignore Hollywood.
- AnthonyMouse 2y ago2023 column on the right side (numbers are PPP): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_average_wage https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_average_w... > For software engineers, it absolutely matters. The bubble means you currently get more in San Francisco, sure, but take the bubble away and you'd still expect the US average to be higher than the EU average as it is in other industries where there isn't a bubble.