### Comment:
I've got several software engineers in the bay area as personal friends.  Nobody makes close to that after their tenure.  These friends of mine are principal software engineers in big companies, that's near the top echelon of their available promotions.  They rake in 300-350k/year and have been doing the gig for 15-20+ years.

### REPLY:
Yah I’ve yet to meet someone making 500k in Software. Maybe that’s with options and all those aspects. Pretty rare to see a salary above 400k unless it’s C-Suite/SVP

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