> also it simply isn't true that software developers make double the median - that's just true for the sv bias here and a few other hot spots.
On a US national basis it is basically true. Median weekly earnings for full-time workers is $1,192[1]. Median hourly pay for a software developer is $62.58[2], which, assuming a 40 hour week, is $2,503.20.
[1] https://www.bls.gov/news.release/pdf/wkyeng.pdf
[2] https://www.bls.gov/ooh/computer-and-information-technology/...