> if they are spending 35K on a software developer.

You do realize not every human being on the planet, or even HN, is a software developer, right?

>90% sure the majority of staff is making minimum wage.

I make 65% of my state's annual HOUSEHOLD income and 2.3x minimum wage... this is a problem with HN, many of you make 6 figure salaries and assume that everyone is a software engineer making 6 figure salaries.

The 2017 nominal median income per capita was $31,786 in the United States.