> 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.
> 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.