>>Only on HN are these incredible compensation packages considered "underpaid".
"Underpaid" and "overpaid" are relative terms. If you currently earn less than what you can expect to receive elsewhere for the same work, you are underpaid.
>>In the real world (outside FaceGoogAmaWallstreet), the story for developers is quite different.
Interestingly enough, this is precisely the sort of thing that this very thread is attempting to challenge. Have you noticed how many "wow I am seriously underpaid" comments have been posted?
All of this reminds me of a quote by Michael Corleone in The Godfather:
Never be embarrassed by your wealth. This recent contempt for money is still another trick of the rich to keep the poor without it.
"Underpaid" and "overpaid" are relative terms. If you currently earn less than what you can expect to receive elsewhere for the same work, you are underpaid.
>>In the real world (outside FaceGoogAmaWallstreet), the story for developers is quite different.
Interestingly enough, this is precisely the sort of thing that this very thread is attempting to challenge. Have you noticed how many "wow I am seriously underpaid" comments have been posted?
All of this reminds me of a quote by Michael Corleone in The Godfather:
Never be embarrassed by your wealth. This recent contempt for money is still another trick of the rich to keep the poor without it.