&gt;The market (not society) is treating us developers pretty &gt;well.<p>I am on the East Coast (outside of NYC, though), have been in the software business for 20+ years and know a lot of smart &#x2F;accomplished people.<p>I don&#x27;t know <i>a single software engineer</i> who makes more than $200K&#x2F;year in a senior engineering role, as an employee. (We are comparing salaries, not consulting income or stock options here, which can disappear very quickly).<p>It would be nice for you to step outside of the bubble you live in SV, every now and then :-)