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by etanazir 4496 days ago
$500k salary exclusive of stock options is not unheard of. This type of engineer probably built the mission critical system a company is relying upon.
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One could argue that by definition that mission critical system was not built well. A good engineer should always try to automate (and architect) yourself out of a job. You want software that runs itself.
"is not unheard of" vs "probably"?