I will unequivocally state that a total comp of $150k+ for a new grad is at the very least, the top 5% of software development salaries for that level of experience.
[1: I am an engineering manager at Google]
The whole point of the original statement was "I made $X and saved $Y, it's not that hard." But when you examine the X and the Y, they are not representative at all!
It has similar merit to a lottery winner saying, "why can't you win the lottery too? All I did was buy a lottery ticket."