[leetcrew]

> Simply by virtue of being professionals in the US, they are part of the 1%.

most white collar professionals, SWEs included, are not even close to being in the 1%. the 1% income bucket for the whole country starts around $350k, so roughly an L5 at google.

[dragonwriter]

I think the grandparent is referring to US professionals tending to be in the global 1%, not the US local 1%.

[wyre]

The global 1% cutoff is around $35,000, which is ironically very close to the median income in the US.

[nefitty]

Yes, that is what I meant. I could have clarified.