So for me this begs the question, how do you get to this point? I&#x27;ve never cared too much about compensation, since though I went to a good school, I did the computer science major pretty quickly and after graduation am working at a start-up I think is great.<p>Should the goal be to spend time studying for interviews, or is this some other strategy? This article assumes you&#x27;re at some level to command this level of compensation, but how do you get to that level to begin with? I know the classic advice: do good work, write excellent code, etc, but is there more specific advice?