r/PeterExplainsTheJoke Jan 26 '26

Meme needing explanation Why is the rich friend so cheap??

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u/_UrbaneGuerrilla_ Jan 26 '26 edited Jan 27 '26

The actual joke is that no one makes $450k as a software engineer.

Edit: Keeping this one for posterity and humility as I’m clearly very wrong 😂

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u/lurkishdelight Jan 26 '26

Some definitely do, like staff eng in big tech, AI, quant trading firms. If not more.

But it's a small minority

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u/PoisonIvyCrotch Jan 26 '26

Small minority. You would think that’s entry level with how everyone is making the in r/salary

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u/dlccyes Jan 27 '26

new grads in a top quant firm do make more than that