Comment by jmfldn

Outlier means far from the middle. Let's take a look...

https://www.hackreactor.com/blog/software-engineer-salary-re...

Even in California the median is around 120k. Well done for earning 500k but that is not a typical software engineer salary. Even at Google its under 300k, and FAANG-type companies are, by definition, outliers.

https://www.sfgate.com/tech/article/Silicon-Valley-tech-work...

Anyway. It sounds like we're both happy where we are then. That's nice. Enjoy your utopia of culture. I'll go back to my ossified life!