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		dev_jim on Nov 6, 2011 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Programmers' salaries at Google $250k (and up) I'm not sure why people find this so unbelievable. The revenue per employee at GOOG is $1.2M in a very high margin business. That means some of their best developers, the guys whose products generate all the revenue, take home only 20% of the pie. In finance, this would be laughable. Corporate America baffles me sometimes.

Joakal on Nov 6, 2011 [–]

Which areas of finance? From what I understand from some finance people is that they don't take away as much either.

There's also an oversupply of labour in the city though.

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