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> Average salary for a programmer in Seattle is $72K

> Average salary for a software engineer in Seattle is $92K

And Glassdoor 'salary' doesn't include bonuses or equity.

http://www.glassdoor.com/Salaries/seattle-software-engineer-...

> keep up with the latest technology, learn several different languages, fix bugs at odd hours, forced to learn new things or be obsolete,

These are not the programmers making <= $72k/yr

Why is "should" relevant here? Why is the free market sacrosanct, except when someone makes a decision you don't like?

Anyway, there are plenty of programmers who haven't honed their bodies in a way to make them competent mailroom staff.




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