Quote Originally Posted by Candor View Post
I don't see any reason to be impressed by a $100/hour salary. Even if earning that amount made your opinion more valuable (which of course it doesn't), there are a few semi-active/active users on this board who make more. Skilled engineers (especially software and hardware engineers) with experience tend to be well-paid.
Salaries aren't impressive. They aren't a reflection of your value or your work- they're more often a reflection of your spot in the privilege cycle. The whole point of my post was that tech workers are getting paid A LOT more money than most to do the same exact jobs, in many instances. People often don't realize that most of us aren't actually doing technical work.

It's just the latest installment of America's continuing obsession with keeping wealth in the hands of the same small group who always seems to end up with it.

Though point of correction- software engineers don't usually have higher salaries than other people in tech. It's equity that makes up most of their compensation.