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Ask HN: What Is Happening to the Market?

3 pointsby jokestirover 3 years ago
I am a dev with 6+ years of experience.<p>What is happening to the dev market? I can&#x27;t help but notice a trend.<p>On twitter, I see 17 year old devs pulling in 120k+ annual income [1].<p>At 17, I had not even started my college yet.<p>Is this the new normal?<p>It all seems to be a bit surreal seeing teenagers make so much money in high school while they struggle to even make a proper git commit.<p>[1] https:&#x2F;&#x2F;twitter.com&#x2F;PrasoonPratham&#x2F;status&#x2F;1468899558289592322

4 comments

zapharover 3 years ago
Software dev salaries are going up quite a bit. And when I was 17 I probably had enough experience doing software dev to justify getting hired. It&#x27;s even easier today to get relevant experience at that age. I don&#x27;t really see it as all that surprising.
yuppie_scumover 3 years ago
If Twitter was reflective of broader reality, Bernie would have been president 3 times already
tboyd47over 3 years ago
What&#x27;s wrong with that? Salary is all relative to cost of living. And Git is typically not taught in schools.
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ubermanover 3 years ago
Alas, it is not just teens who sometimes struggle to even make a proper git commit.