[alephnerd]

> I have a college degree

The preferred qualifications are a Bachelors degree in Business. Take a look at the job postings.

> That's significantly more than what I make

The base salary is also in the $70-120k range for Store Managers, which is essentially the equivalent of becoming a Director at a public tech company.

The 400k number seems to have come out of an outlier who had a significant stock grant.

It's very good money of course, but you still end up earning more as a line level engineer with much less stress.

[game_the0ry]

> The preferred qualifications are a Bachelors degree in Business. Take a look at the job postings.

I tried. Page would not load for me so I made some assumptions.

> It's very good money of course, but you still end up earning more as a line level engineer with much less stress.

Not going to lie - I have it too easy. Which is why I am happy that the hard working folks of Walmart made more.

[alephnerd]

Agreed, but salaries are just a product of margins and skillset, not effort expended.

In a specialized industry like software or biopharmaceuticals, companies are expected to have very high margins (think $500k-1m in revenue per employee).

Given that the pipeline for these industries is constricted due to skill requirements, that's why salaries tend to be much higher.