I believe that would be true (after food, housing, healthcare, taxes, child-care...

		lenkite 4 months ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Italian Competition Authority Fines Apple $115M fo... I believe that would be true (after food, housing, healthcare, taxes, child-care, etc) only for a very narrow band of senior SWE's. And you are still not considering employment protection. And for junior or mid-level SWE's, not at all true for the overwhelming majority.

This is true not only for SWEs, but for the median worker in the United States.