[asknemo]

"If you're a good hacker in your mid twenties, you can get a job paying about $80,000 per year."

Wow, things change fast. Isn't there a thread talking about certain mid twenties in Google having $250k per year lately? It was written only 6 years ago.

[robryan]

Wouldnt the equivalent non top of the range amount be around 120k now? And it seems the dev market is a fair bit tighter than 6 years ago?

[achompas]

What do you mean by "tighter"?

[cwilbur]

A good programmer who can find a job in an urban market can earn $120K a year. But there are a lot of programmers who can't find jobs, and that puts significant downward pressure on salaries; and there are a lot of programmers in more rural markets who are willing to telecommute, and that puts significant downward pressure on salaries as well.