Both a specific request here and a general proposal for a norm here on HN: Can you be more numerically explicit when you say "well paid"?
Software development is a very segmented world. In the various social circles I'm connected to, I know devs who were thrilled to finally be making 6 figures 7 years out of college (in line-of-business software in a regional hub) and devs who were disappointed not to have crossed 400 k$/yr in that same time span (at FAANG in the bay area).
Software development is a very segmented world. In the various social circles I'm connected to, I know devs who were thrilled to finally be making 6 figures 7 years out of college (in line-of-business software in a regional hub) and devs who were disappointed not to have crossed 400 k$/yr in that same time span (at FAANG in the bay area).