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		taurath on Dec 19, 2019 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: State of JavaScript 2019 I wish “salary” wasn’t the way people were asked about pay. Everyone I know who’s over 200k only has 1xxk salary and like 100% of that in stock compensation. It’d give a different picture of what more people are making.

epmatsw on Dec 19, 2019 [–]

True. I wasn't sure how to interpret that section either. Compensation (or Total Compensation) might be a more interesting measure

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