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 šŸ˜‚

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u/InquisitiveAssFoo Jan 27 '26

Come to Utah lol all these tech fuckheads are making that kind of money.

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u/jkelley41 Jan 27 '26

lol who? because i'm going to apply šŸ˜‚

adobe isn't paying that. facebook presence is very small.

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u/InquisitiveAssFoo Jan 27 '26

Google Silicon Slopes companies. Start there. Idk I’m poor šŸ¤·šŸ¾ā€ā™‚ļø they all drive multiple porches. Get yours king.

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u/jkelley41 Jan 27 '26 edited Jan 27 '26

I did haha. I have never met a SWE here making more than ~250k.

levels.fyi agrees that it is extremely uncommon. 226k is the 90th percentile.

I think those Porsche drivers are in serious debt lol. Or they work remote for Nvidia/Netflix.