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by rorrr 5345 days ago
$200K if you count all the benefits, insurance, and tax reductions, $150K base on W2 is equivalent to bare $200K.

Many developers make $150K.

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Indeed. So what?

He's able to do this while running his own business and working for himself.

I think most developers would rather take $200k running their own business over $150k working for a corporation.

This is HN after all - we know many people here are taking much less than $200k in order to build their own businesses.

Not to mention with a corporate salary, that $150k stops once you stop working. With recurring revenue from selling products, it doesn't.