nanoUFO@sh.itjust.worksM to Games@sh.itjust.worksEnglish · 2 months agoHere’s how much Valve pays its staff — and how few people it employswww.theverge.comexternal-linkmessage-square8fedilinkarrow-up184arrow-down12cross-posted to: gaming@beehaw.orgtechnology@lemmy.worldgaming@lemmy.ziptechnology
arrow-up182arrow-down1external-linkHere’s how much Valve pays its staff — and how few people it employswww.theverge.comnanoUFO@sh.itjust.worksM to Games@sh.itjust.worksEnglish · 2 months agomessage-square8fedilinkcross-posted to: gaming@beehaw.orgtechnology@lemmy.worldgaming@lemmy.ziptechnology
minus-squareLedivin@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up23arrow-down1·edit-22 months agoI find it hard to believe that the average salary of a “steam” employee in 2021 is nearly $1M. I assume most of that went to 1-2 leaders.
minus-squareᗪᗩᗰᑎlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up31arrow-down5·2 months agoYou’d be correct. This is why median gives you a better representation of a general population. Averages can easily be distorted.
minus-squareLedivin@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·2 months agoYeah, the sentiment is great and all, but we don’t have that data.
minus-squareScrubbles@poptalk.scrubbles.techlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down16·2 months agoWell seeing as your graphic shows someone making 5k, I’m not sure I’m going to trust it 100%
minus-squareSkua@kbin.earthlinkfedilinkarrow-up11·2 months agoIf you change the 5k and 15k to 30k each, the mean becomes 506k and the median stays 100k
minus-squareBombOmOm@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6arrow-down1·2 months agoYeah, my guess is much more is getting lumped into those figures. Maybe server costs.
I find it hard to believe that the average salary of a “steam” employee in 2021 is nearly $1M. I assume most of that went to 1-2 leaders.
You’d be correct. This is why median gives you a better representation of a general population. Averages can easily be distorted.
Yeah, the sentiment is great and all, but we don’t have that data.
Well seeing as your graphic shows someone making 5k, I’m not sure I’m going to trust it 100%
It’s an example
If you change the 5k and 15k to 30k each, the mean becomes 506k and the median stays 100k
Yeah, my guess is much more is getting lumped into those figures. Maybe server costs.