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> 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...

[1] https://www.glassdoor.co.uk/Salaries/us-software-developer-s...



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...




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