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[–] [email protected] 0 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Software devs (in the US at least) make insane amounts of money.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 8 months ago (1 children)

"CEO golden parachute" insane? Or just "I can't believe it's past minimum wage!" "insane"?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 8 months ago

Neither? They're in the part of the population that don't live paycheck to paycheck and actually has a chance of retiring. The median software engineer salary is $120k in the US. The median household income is $74k. I think American software engineers are doing fine.