Comment by awb
2 days ago
The demand curve for speed and intelligence seems pretty steep to me.
If you look at the hiring marketplace, being just marginally better than your peers can be very lucrative.
If you’re competing on speed or capability as a company (or as an employee), you’re probably going to be willing to pay for the frontier.
> If you look at the hiring marketplace, being just marginally better than your peers can be very lucrative.
I would say that in software this is completely false.
Someone straight out of college, not very useful, makes 75-100K.
Top level senior outside of FAANG is making twice that at best (and at least 10x more capable).
You told on yourself about being either European or from a flyover state.
I happen to be from NJ, but you're also not going to be making a Meta/Google salary in NY outside of NYC.
Most companies have a limited budget.
Good enough with a lower price will win the masses