Where do you live?  These numbers are fairly local to SF&#x2F;NYC&#x2F;Seattle, with other large cities trailing a bit and smaller cities farther behind.<p>That said, in those cities they are far from absurd.  I started out similar to you (coding since elementary school) and now live in NYC ~3.5 years out of college.  Off the top of my head, I could name half a dozen developers making seven figures, and at least 100 making over $200k.