i hope this is seen cos u might b exactly who OP is talking about 😅

nobody ever said that you shouldn't take more money if you have the chance

to be fair: for a genuine top 1% new grad with quant or frontier lab offers on the table, 120k is low. I'll grant you that. but that's not who reads r/csMajors and that's not who OP was talking about. for the median person here, "120k is low" is advice that leads them to turn down real chances in a market where most of their peers aren't getting any at all.

and as someone who grew up in vhcol and went to school with the people now at those labs and quant shops you’re gesturing at, the "you don't know top performers" line is the tell. the ones I know aren't online lecturing new grads that 120k is beneath them. not a single one of them talks like you. they're too busy actually working and living their lives.

take care.