> One time I asked a web dev friend of mine what he thought of Kubernetes and he didn't even know what it was. This was just a couple years ago. I was shocked at little he knew and how much he got paid.
Not be a good heuristic. Maybe they're in a job where they don't have to use Kubernetes.
Like, I know compiler developers who have no need to bother with Kubernetes.
> But does a C student web dev who kinda doesn't give a shit really deserve 150$k/year?
In college they might have struggled; some people just don't work that well in a classroom environment. That doesn't necessarily mean they're idiots. Or maybe they improved afterwards.
Just because somebody got an A in classroom tests doesn't necessarily mean they should be the most-compensated.
The real world is complex.