This is something I realized just a few days ago, looking back. 11 years ago I left a Silicon Valley software company's IT department, where I was making $85,0

This is something I realized just a few days ago, looking back. 11 years ago I left a Silicon Valley software company's IT department, where I was making $85,000. Doing standard IT work. 11 years ago. A lot has happened since then, but no I don't think wages have been going up at all.