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0 pointsgizi10y ago0 comments

> but 99.9% of developers will never make half of what a specialized MD or successful lawyer or someone in finance might make.

It is exactly the other way around. Mark Zuckerberg is a PHP programmer, not an MD or a lawyer. Same for Bill Gates, Sergey Brin, Larry Page, and another host of lesser known billionaires and millionaires. In other words, an MD or a lawyer could impossible make what a successful programmer might make.

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ryandrake10y ago

You're talking about the 0.1% of programmers who became millionaires and billionaires. The parent comment was specifically about the other 99.9% (and he/she even specified the number).

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0 pointsgizi10y ago0 comments

> but 99.9% of developers will never make half of what a specialized MD or successful lawyer or someone in finance might make.

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ryandrake10y ago

You're talking about the 0.1% of programmers who became millionaires and billionaires. The parent comment was specifically about the other 99.9% (and he/she even specified the number).

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