[onion2k]

You're severely underpaid.

You can't judge everywhere against US developer wages. The poster doesn't say where they're posting from, so we can't really tell if 65k (presumably USD) is particularly good or bad for where they live. Here in the UK, 65k USD would be a fairly typical senior developer salary. Maybe even a little higher than average for people outside of London.

If they could get a role employed by a US company rather than one that's outsourcing then it'd be fair to say they're underpaid, but there could be a whole lot of reasons why that might not be reasonable or even possible.

[theory_of_10_1]

I work directly with a US company. 65k USD is a great salary if I compared it with local wages in non-tech fields but really an ok salary for my position. I have friends who got paid more

Money is important, but it's not my only motivation

[MeinBlutIstBlau]

He also said 65k AFTER taxes. So he likely makes 80-100k.