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> I mean right now you hear about high demand for tech people, but wages don't reflect that.

By what metric? Software developers can make $250k+ in SV.

I have a hard time imagining pay doubling broadly. Only a small cohort of employers could sustain paying engineers $500k+, though I suppose it is possible.

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Software developers wages have stagnated for at least the last 10 years.

http://www.theserverside.com/discussions/thread/81424.html

So I'll ask again, since developers are in such high demand, why do you think wages haven't increased?

Pretty much everything that article says about SF is wrong. A "small detached bungalow" in the suburbs will probably go for half what they suggest, and 120K is not subsistence wages. I currently live on less than that, in a nice area, spend money on things I want to, don't budget aggressively, and save a significant portion of my income.

Sure, you probably won't be purchasing a family home on a single (entry level) income, but that's true in pretty much any suburban or urban area.

That's in SV. And the vast, vast majority aren't making that.

I know good people in Europe making 14k - 23k per year.

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