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Big Tech Killed the Golden Age of Programming

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128 points taylorlunt | 5 comments | 30 Jul 25 14:58 UTC | HN request time: 0.897s | source
1. nosefrog ◴[30 Jul 25 15:16 UTC] No.44735342[source]▶
My first programming job in SF paid $60k/year 10 years ago. I'd like to thank big tech for driving salaries up.
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2. chubot ◴[30 Jul 25 15:23 UTC] No.44735452[source]▶
Yeah I mean I have to thank Facebook, because I was at Google in 2011.

Anyone remember when Google raised the entire company's salary, maybe 30K or 60K people at that point, something like 20-25% all at once? Eric Schmidt and Laszlo Block got on stage and told the whole company how great we are, so they want to keep us

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High-Tech_Employee_Antitrust_L...

We learned later that was because Facebook didn't participate in the Steve Jobs-initiated cartel of Google-Apple-Pixar-Adobe-Intuit-LucasFilm-eBay

Eric and Laszlo of course made no mention of the collusion that turned out be illegal

3. nsxwolf ◴[30 Jul 25 15:52 UTC] No.44735811[source]▶
Are you sure your experience didn’t drive your salary up?
4. dehrmann ◴[30 Jul 25 16:09 UTC] No.44736054[source]▶
In 2015? That seems low for an entry-level job at a startup, then. $60k is more like 2010.
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5. nosefrog ◴[30 Jul 25 18:56 UTC] No.44738166[source]▶
It was low. I got a bump to 90k that year, then 130k when I jumped companies, which I thought was a mind boggling amount. Do entry level devs even get out of bed for $130k these days?