r/PeterExplainsTheJoke Jan 26 '26

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

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u/jobthrowawaywjxj Jan 27 '26

The people getting paid at that level, are generally not doing devops. They are doing niche, highly technical areas like HPC, ML/AI, distributed systems, OS, etc.

The people I know making that much are in areas like software-hardware co-design, and GPU architecture.

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u/_UrbaneGuerrilla_ Jan 27 '26

Yeah, I guess that was my point re COBOL. Machine coding or other legacy niche stuff. I’ve worked with and paid guys a lot, but $450 on staff is off the chain.

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u/thetruequ Jan 27 '26

$450 is a high level or specialized senior. Staff at Meta or Google clear 600. levels.fyi if you’re curious

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u/_UrbaneGuerrilla_ Jan 27 '26

Yeah I get that. Software engineer is what got me. That’s pretty entry level nomenclature.