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Is it really hard to imagine that it’s easier to afford a comfortable vehicle to commute in, not to mention housing with a shorter commute, as a 45 year old senior manager than as a 22 year old just starting out with significant college debt?

[turtledove]

Software engineering salaries start at six figures with signing bonuses in the tens of thousands.

22 years are buying houses and cars when they land at Apple.

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And those salaries get lower as they advance in their careers? Or do they go up?

If the more senior people get paid even more, how does this contribute to making the workforce skew younger?

Have you considered that there are jobs besides software engineering at Apple? And those jobs might also have 22 year olds working at them? Is the entry level marketing assistant getting six figures and stock options too?

[PabloRobles]

Well, senior people earn more and have an easier life. This is not necessarily bad. Young people don't need to have an easy life, just a fair one, with equal opportunities to those ones that came before them and the ones that are among them.