Here are the average salaries of software engineers around the world in 2017

And here are those same salaries adjusted to San Francisco's cost of living:

As you can see, cost of living is an important consideration. Also, you don't need to move to San Francisco to get a good job as a software engineer (thought there are a lot of prestigious jobs there).

You can read the full analysis here (5 minute read)

And here are two other links worth your time:

I interviewed data scientist Amber Thomas about her recent data visualization project that made international news (30 minute watch)
Why are all Windows drivers dated June 21, 2006? Don't they ever update drivers? (2 minute read)

Thought of the day:

"Every operating system out there is about equal. We all suck." — Microsoft senior vice president Brian Valentine describing the state operating system security in 2003