Definitely. To the point that the 350K to 500K event becomes disappointing, paradoxically - in terms of satisfaction.

For ~10 years experience in one of these fields: cloud computing, AI, ML, vision (driverless cars), voice recognition, etc, this is actually the market rate with companies like AMZN, FB, GOOG, MS, and ORCL. I made this much because I had other offers in this range. Anyway, beyond a certain amount, money doesn't matter much. So I left :)

What do you think about Ruby on Rails now that you've been using it for many years in Discourse? Any regrets?

Do you think negativity is always undesirable in online communities? If yes, what's the best way to prevent it?

Do you think it made sense for Stack Overflow to take venture capital?