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$240k is not the upper bound though. Granted, it's a good salary for an employee, but that's really just an indicator that maybe you don't want to be an employ
by jasonkester 13y ago
$240k is not the upper bound though. Granted, it's a good salary for an employee, but that's really just an indicator that maybe you don't want to be an employee.
In reality, your salary as a developer is unbounded. There are plenty of examples here of engineers who have built their own software product businesses that bring in orders of magnitude more than the number you quote.
If you're good at what you do, there's really nothing stopping you from going out and getting that lawyer money. You just have to step outside the conventional path a little bit.
- josho 13y agoSalaries are very much bounded. Income is not. Employer's have salary ranges they will pay. If you want above that range you need to be incredibly special for an employer to consider, ie. a public figure in the industry. If you are willing to take considerably more risk than an employee and are the 20% or so of entrepreneur's that succeed then your income can be unbounded as you say. But, that's substantially different than salary, and not what the article and this thread is about.