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For the big tech employers, specifically as a software developer, a reasonable start point now is probably 140-150k. If that's the premise from GP.

This is highly dependent on where you live. Those figures are very high for the Portland, OR area for instance.

Portland starting salary for a SWE is much closer to the 65k mark.

Yup true, unspoken assumption there is bay area / nyc / seattle / etc, where the big 4 hire a lot (the majority?) of their workers.