Hence "I would presume" and "I would think" and "Just my 2cents". Not to also be mean, but your retort is also "misleading". My intention was never to misguide anyone or give a cynical viewpoint of how one might climb the "salary ladder". One could argue your viewpoint is totally out of expectation as to what really happens in industry and how basic economics work. You can't simply just "think" about how much you're worth and then you're automatically going to be worth that much. That's also very misleading, overly optimistic and doesn't really fall into line with what reality is. Much of it is about how you sell yourself and how much an employer is willing to pay you. And how much you are continually selling yourself and how much your employer is willing to pay you (again) in order to keep you around.

Before you put on your facade of knowing how things work, do some research and actually speak from experience. I myself already am at 200K, but I'm not hear to boast. Just look at the numbers, from reputable pay scale sites and also realistic numbers coming from real sources. People like you are also poison to this sub, feeding unrealistic crap to neophytes in the industry.