In my experience it very much does, depending on what you're doing I guess. Levels.fyi under the Data Scientist tab seems to verify that this isn't some bubble thing. Well, bubble maybe, but not HN bubble.
Sorry but I have never heard of "levels.fyi". TBH the domain already looks like a typical silicon valley HN-bubble website. Don't you think there is a massive selection bias to the people who fill in their salaries on a website like that?
A more reputable site (that's known outside of the HN-bubble) would be the stackoverflow salary calculator. If I fill in "Data Scientists with a master's degree and 5 years of experience in the Amsterdam area" I get a median income of EUR 51K. In silicon valley it's higher of course, but the same profile in San Francisco still 'only' gets you a median income of USD 157K.
I cite my salary and salaries of my friends and colleagues in the industry, and levels.fyi. You cite your experience and stack overflow. I think we'll have to agree to disagree, as you're not going to convince me I make less than I make (or pay, apparently) and I'm not going to convince you anyone makes more than you. I think that's okay.
No... but just checking it out, and every single post is about FAANG/uber from people who work in silicon valley. You didn't exactly disprove my point.
