People say you should work at startups because that's where the interesting work (and money) is. That's backwards! http://danluu.com/startup-tradeoffs/ …
He implies that people paid that well are so rare it's implausible that a few of them might comment in one thread, which can only be the case if $300k is extremely rare. He then asserts that he's in a position to know because he's at one of these companies.
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This doesn't seem possible unless it's something like, he isn't a programmer, or he doesn't work in the U.S., or he works part time, or he isn't actually at a company that pays well, etc.
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My guess is that he’s at a company he considers “top”, maybe Fortune 500, but like you guess not one that pays everyone well (Something like IBM?). I think his company grouping isn’t good, but 1/30 is not in the realm I’m comfortable arguing his use of the word “outliers”.
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. I've done it before. But please don't spread disinformation!