> As for the salary, $100k/year is roughly what a software developer makes fresh out of college in the US. And that’s without a 12-month commitment
Fresh out of collage? The average appears to be $100k [1], but this would include senior developers too. I think their sense of wealth is warped by Google...
You get that kind of exaggeration here on HN all the time when the topic of salary comes up. People will casually say things like "Oh, most tech employees make $500K/year and drive Ferraris." or "Developers can easily make seven figures!" when they're actually just talking about a few specific senior FAANG developers they know who live exactly in the Bay Area and got their equity grants at just the right time...
Fresh out of collage? The average appears to be $100k [1], but this would include senior developers too. I think their sense of wealth is warped by Google...
[1] https://www.glassdoor.co.uk/Salaries/us-software-developer-s...