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It's hard to see beyond your circle. If you know a dozen people making 500k, it doesn't seem that uncommon to make 500k. And yet 40% of Americans earn under 2
by PostOnce 11y ago
It's hard to see beyond your circle.
If you know a dozen people making 500k, it doesn't seem that uncommon to make 500k.
And yet 40% of Americans earn under 20k.
40%! http://www.ssa.gov/cgi-bin/netcomp.cgi?year=2012 http://www.ssa.gov/cgi-bin/netcomp.cgi?year=2012
Lots of developer salaries are around 60k, some lower, some higher, almost none exceed 100k if you actually look into percentages.
HN is a strange echo chamber with regards to money, it feels like everyone is making a killing, and really, almost no one is.