On: A Response to Paul Graham’s Article on Income Ineq...

[jbhatab]

I agree with a lot of what you are saying, but you haven't made over 40k between both you and your wifes income? That seems extremely unlikely with any coding skills. I don't know any juniors that are making less than 50k from php to javascript.

[laarc → jbhatab]

It's true. My first role was to work an unpaid intern for a year. Then my first salary was $20k, followed by $35k only after working there for a couple years. It was going to be $30k but I was able to negotiate.

I think pg is correct, however.

[Estragon → laarc]

Know any juniors without college degrees in relevant fields?

[laarc → Estragon]

In my experience, they're usually more talented than their counterparts who have degrees. That seems to become less true with time, though.