Like everyone else... I couldn&#x27;t get past the repeating theme:<p>&gt; But the total comp for “a good hacker” is $250k+&#x2F;yr, not even counting perks like free food and having really solid insurance<p>Maybe that&#x27;s anecdotally true for the big companies in a small high demand area of the country (really just the bay) but not so most everywhere else. Probably why Paul Graham used a figure less than 1&#x2F;2 that.<p>With that figure exaggerated, I&#x27;m not sure I can take any other points made here seriously...