Answer by John L. Miller, PhD, Software Engineer/Architect at Microsoft, Amazon, Google, Oracle, on Quora: Software engineers who make $500k a year do the same job as the rest of them.

Four Google software engineers were hired after interning at the tech giant. They suggested starting as early as possible, and applying to internships aimed at underclassmen.

Tech grads struggle to land software engineering jobs in an increasingly competitive market shaped by changing industry ...

Glassdoor added that software engineers at 13 of the 15 companies included in the report do actually enjoy an average base salary higher than the national average.