Submission timeline
2007–2026One slot for every year since HN launched. Height is that year's peak points; orange marks a 100+ point or 50+ comment breakout. Select a bar to open its strongest thread.
First comments on top threads
HN comment orderOne (semi-pedantic) quibble with the article: there absolutely are barriers to entry for programming. Programming is hard! These barriers may not be artificial, but they are real. To use a non-software example, there are barriers to entry to chip manufacturers and power companies even under anarchy. Fabs are tremendously hard to build. Power plants are extremely hard to build. Building up knowledge and skills about computers is also very hard, especially when our genes don't seem to guide us toward…
> Why are programmers so well paid? Why are programmers so well paid... in the USA? In the rest of the world that's not the case (programmers are paid a bit higher than other engineers but the difference is not that pronounced as it is in America). Edit: And I would add: programmers are paid very well in the USA at FAANG companies. I would love to know what's the percentage of programmers that work at American FAANG companies (my…
The first top-level comment from each of the four biggest threads, in HN’s own order. Excerpts are shortened; open a comment for full context.
- Breakout years
- 2
- Total points
- 478
- Total comments
- 702
100+ points or 50+ comments
reference only — not used in Hall rules or ranking
reference only — not used in Hall rules or ranking
Every submission
| Date | Title as submitted | By | Points | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018-02-09 | Is developer compensation becoming bimodal?First breakout · Best thread | signa11 | 381 | 561 |
| 2020-07-03 | Is Dev Compensation Bimodal? | ryanwaggoner | 2 | 0 |
| 2020-07-21 | Is Dev Compensation Bimodal? | xrisk | 1 | 0 |
| 2021-02-15 | Is Dev Compensation Bimodal? (2016)Latest 20+ point return | ZephyrBlu | 94 | 141 |