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Over 25 years on both coasts, I have yet to see someone strictly coding (no exec or mgmt duties) break $200K. All the families I know in SV are either lawyer/f

• gohrt 13y ago
  Most devs with ~10yrs experience at a B2C software company you've heard of earns >$200k total comp.
  • danbmil99 13y ago
    > Most devs with ~10yrs experience at a B2C software company you've heard of earns >$200k total comp. I don't think that's accurate. Most? Really? Maybe the top 5 or 10%, and in most cases I suspect they are team leads with 3+ devs either reporting or defacto following their lead. It's absolutely not the case outside of USA coasts.
• jasonkester 13y ago
  It's dangerous to extrapolate from there to "nobody makes that much". It's only a short leap to "I'll never make that much" and eventually, "$70k/year isn't so bad". There are in fact lots of developers doing nothing but development making well north of $200k. That's less than a $100/hour bill rate, which is not at all uncommon as a contractor. If that's something you want, know that it absolutely is attainable. I think you'll find that, in all walks of life, people who make lots of money tend not to post on internet message boards (or salary surveys) about how they make lots of money. Definitely don't take the lack of people spouting off here about their 1%'er incomes as a sign that those people don't exist (or aren't, in fact, here reading this thread).