One of the more salient side effects of the incredible shrinking tech sector is the loss of so many high-paying jobs, many of which young jobseekers were encouraged to apply for by those who implored them to "learn to code."

As such, we generally expect inflated salaries when we learn what people who work at Big Tech firms make — between $120,000 and $160,000 for entry-level positions, say, and up to a half a million dollars for middle management.

That's what makes it so weird when, upon looking at Microsoft compensation data that was leaked to Business Insider, we learned that those on the lowest rungs of its seniority ladder are barely scratching six figures in their core salaries — and that's if they even reach past $100K.

There are, as Meek Mill so aptly put it back in 2013, "levels

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