[selfhoster11]

> All those Teslas that average-level programmers are driving around, these days, are because of all those "tourists," and their loud shirts.

I am average programmer, but not SV. I still haven't been paid well enough to buy a Tesla.

[cmrdporcupine]

Same (not SV, average programmer), but I am paid well enough now. But it took 15-20 years to catch up to my SV friends. And only because I now work for a SV HQ'd company.

[tester756]

Have you considered stealing some FAANG jobs?

[selfhoster11]

Those are difficult to get. That is even besides the point that working for FAANG is advancing immoral uses of technology.