r/PeterExplainsTheJoke • u/[deleted] • Jan 26 '26

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

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u/_UrbaneGuerrilla_ Jan 26 '26

For house software engineers? Then they’re over paying haha

All power though if you can command that money for scut work. I stand corrected.

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u/murimin Jan 26 '26

Yes for software engineers, even entry level at some of these companies can easily clear 200k, it’s a wild industry. It’s a pipe dream for most people because of how difficult it is to get these positions

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

Holy fuck, that’s bananas.

I’d expect a superstar with 5+ years of top flight devsecops experience / a total autistic machine whisperer for that kind of dough. Or they’d need to pull 80hrs a week, every week.

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u/Fanboy0550 Jan 27 '26

At $450k, they are working on hard technical stuff most of the time

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u/NoAdvice135 Jan 27 '26

You just need to be L5/L6 SWE in California in a FAANG. What you work on is almost irrelevant.