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I’m not sure where you’re getting your salary data, but doctors routinely earn more than developers


Experienced doctors, yes. Though I’m hearing some ridiculous salaries in SF.

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> Experienced doctors, yes. Though I’m hearing some ridiculous salaries in SF.

There is no medical specialty except perhaps pediatrics/geriatrics where the pay will start below $200,000. There is a relatively modest effect of seniority on physician salaries (there is a huge amount of quality control/gatekeeping before one becomes an attending). This is nationwide, not in SF.

Here are data in SF: https://www.doximity.com/reports/physician-compensation-repo...

And another source that reflects, purportedly, the data used in the above: https://www.instagram.com/reel/DL6MT-ZMJ7K/

I'm not a developer but I don't think $300-400,000, normal salaries for fields like inpatient psychiatry or subspecialty medicine, are common for new developers, or even for any developer (vs a manager).




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