Comment by HarHarVeryFunny
2 days ago
> 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.