The Salary Hype Mismatch

Description

The image is a screenshot of a tweet by Rachit Mishra, @rachitex, with a profile avatar that has a small halo drawn above it. The tweet reads: "I feel like the internet has given me such unrealistic expectations for my software development career. For example, getting heavily paid." The timestamp line says "2:33 PM · 29 May 19 · Twitter for Android". The joke targets the gap between online narratives about software developers making huge money and the more uneven reality of actual developer compensation, job markets, geography, and career stage.

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Comments

Anonymous ★ Top Pick The internet benchmarked compensation on FAANG TC and forgot to publish the confidence interval.

Anonymous ★ Top Pick

The internet benchmarked compensation on FAANG TC and forgot to publish the confidence interval.
@declonter 5y

You will not need any hobby if your hobby coincides with your work 😭
@NiKryukov 5y

Wait.. you get paid?
1. @Whitexwine 5y
  
  No. Getting paid is a joke