I could earn probably double, maybe even triple my salary and then I read your comment and realized it's true. If my salary now were halved, it'd still be more than the average US income earner. I Googled "US population average salary" and they have a nice graph.
As a side note, get ready for the pitch forks, it started going up as we approached the then potential Trump era in 2016.
Yup, I could earn the double too, if i wanted to go back to office, be manager, or simply moving to Switzerland.. but as it is, is fine. We can be idealist and say: I work here because I like it, because I like the stack, because i like the product, etc.
btw in Germany, people are already sharping their pitch forks too..
As a side note, get ready for the pitch forks, it started going up as we approached the then potential Trump era in 2016.