[sp_]

I co-manage https://hackerone.com/googleplay and the top contributor there probably makes 5x - 10x of an average software engineering salary for his home country.

Not a lot of hackers care about Android app security so there's barely any hackers participating and little competition. Most apps have never had anybody do a security review.

Additionally the scope of the program is so wide that you can look through hundreds of apps from companies that have no security posture at all. Finding bugs is easy and payouts are more than generous.

[biztos]

> 5x - 10x of an average software engineering salary for his home country.

...which might still be 0.2x of an average Google salary in Mountain View, as noted above.

The fact that you even mention "home country" pretty much requires that you give us specifics if you want us to take the claim seriously.

[ummonk]

That might not be saying much depending on the country...

[pkaye]

I'm curious of the actual top figure is?

[croh]

m curious to know number of top contributors or is it just single one ? well then, even top AI guys earn lot compare to normal SDE.