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		dakial1 on June 15, 2022 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Is 400k/yr overpaid for a SWE? Nobody is overpaid. Salaries, live everything else, follow a trend of Supply and Demand. Currently SWEs are on high demand pretty much everywhere in the world and salaries reflect that. What should we do? Educate/Train more SWEs!

passivate on June 15, 2022 [–]

Except CEOs, apparently they're always overpaid. ;)

namaria on June 15, 2022 | [–]

If a existing and expanding systems doesn't seem to make sense, your understanding is more likely to be wrong then reality.

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