Developer salary in France is probably lower than a French pension.
The minimum wages are 1269 after taxes. And while developer income is far from what it is in “hot” locations (berlin, london) to say nothing of the US, it’s generally way over min wages, by integer multiples.
Then good luck to the millennials out there will will have lower pensions than the boomers while also not being able to afford to own any properties.
In France, developers are amongst the most well off salaried people. A junior developper would already be well above the median income and amongst the top 30% earners.