Google's engineers aren't the highest paid (but make more than Apple's)

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It's in the nature of humanity to keep up with the Jones family.

It's in the nature of capitalist humanity to get ahead of the Jones family so that the Jones family looks askance and defeated.

With this in mind, I have accidentally landed upon a survey which purports to reveal which software engineers are the highest paid.

I thank Business Insider for poring over the figures collated by Glassdoor, figures that might surprise some.

I had imagined, along with most of the world, that Google's engineers were the very best and therefore the highest paid.

These figures suggest not. Indeed, they suggest that Google's engineers come a frightening second in average earnings.

How could this be? Which arrogant upstart company dares to pay its software brains more than Google?

Might it be Apple, keen to continue its thermonuclear war upon its rival? Might it be Microsoft, keen to make a renewed impact on a skeptical world?

It is neither. It is Juniper Networks. Yes, the company that asks you to "Amplif... [Read more]