Clear hoax, but I do find it interesting, because C++ engineers do seem to be outearning people in more high-level languages, which is surprising not because it

Clear hoax, but I do find it interesting, because C++ engineers do seem to be outearning people in more high-level languages, which is surprising not because it's low-level but because it's a bad language at its level of abstraction (C, on the other hand, fits its level well). I don't know of anyone cracking $250k in anything other than C++ (usually in low-latency trading) or Java. It does seem, for now, that using a painful language increases one's compensation potential at least at the high end. I suspect that that will change in the future, but it may not happen quickly.