[h3throw]

I don't understand people who say this. Have you ever tried to hire?

I'm 28yrs old and I make ~$400K/yr. That doesn't happen when there's some major abundance of talent sitting around.

[halfjoking]

Yes - the 5% of elite devs have seen a dramatic increase in salary recently. You're one of them.

The rest of us do not make that and haven't seen much change in wages in the last 5-10 years. At most in the midwest I'd top out at $150k as a Senior dev and that's if I busted my ass. The exception is if I worked for FANG but just like me, 95% of devs couldn't pass a FANG interview even if they put in some real effort.

Personally my dream is to have a side-business anyway, so I put up with my $100k salary because it's low-stress and I have energy for my own projects. If there was a real shortage I would be paid more. But there isn't a shortage for average devs who get shit done. Google just wants the top 5%.

Google's hiring is like if Google visited a homeless dog shelter and said to the employee (Federal Gov) that there's not enough cute puppies. "We need to import some dogs from Asia. There's a cute-puppy shortage here, let's get some Visas for more dogs."

You're just f-ing picky Google. Those dogs in the shelter are good dogs.

[rgbrenner]

I make quite a bit too... but the average developer doesnt.. average US software dev salary is just $100k/year.

[peruvian]

That's twice the US household average even in big cities. Most workers will never make $100k.

[perl4ever]

Pay scale for programmers at large organizations I'm aware of starts around $55K and tops out around $100K. And non-profits or small businesses pay even less.

I browse job ads on indeed frequently and see offerings in the $40-50K range for IT positions in the NYC area.

What do people think that offshore employees of an American IT company are paid? I haven't any definite figures for places I've worked, but I have gotten the impression from Indian job ads that $10K/year is in the ballpark. Why would a typical company pay more than five times that for US-based employees?

[jimbokun]

That's more than about 90% of US workers.

[sys_64738]

You're more than likely the exception so enjoy it while you're still a youngster as the next generation to replace you will be along shortly. I hope with that amount of finance behind you that you are self-sufficient if it suddenly vanished. It will.

[NotSammyHagar]

I have wondered what my secret sauce is. Mid 50s, worked my way through a series of jobs with several faangs, now doing the latest of several 2 year stints at startups. You can make well over 200k in cash comp at startups in west cost cities. I guess I have good exp by this point.

[h3throw]

Thanks for the completely uninformed prognostication on my future income! I will definitely not keep it in mind.

[nradov]

I've done a fair amount of hiring. It's usually pretty easy. The managers complaining about it are just bad at their jobs or work for employers with bad reputations. Don't take their whining too seriously.

[cvhashim]

Are those wages sustainable?

[astura]

As an average employee? Is your company VC funded?

[sjg007]

Where regionally and in what market?