Being a developer at one of the big tech companies is much easier than being an SVP in a big org, as one example. From what I've seen, you need to be extremely type A to succeed as an SVP most places.
There’s a lot wrapped up in that statement about being extremely Type A. Like responding to emails after hours within 5 minutes. Maybe you don’t think that’s difficult, but it certainly means sacrificing a lot of your home life in a way that a lot of jobs don’t involve.
And yeah, you clearly haven’t been keeping up with dev pay scales at big companies if you think it tops out at 150k. I knew people at $300k total comp a few years out of school, and senior engineers can make far more.
If you're one VP of many, you might have to work out of hours occasionally, but you can have a special emergency line that's only used ten times a year. You don't need to sacrifice your life the way a small business CEO might have to.
> And yeah, you clearly haven’t been keeping up with dev pay scales at big companies if you think it tops out at 150k.
Okay. I don't know any of these devs and just did a search.
Also being "extremely type A" doesn't sound like a difficulty, really. And I don't see how it justifies 99th percentile pay either.