200k is really not a lot of money. Nearly half if it taxed and when you factor things like housing costs and living expenses, it's not that much.. Engineers need to stop short selling themselves, you never see Lawyers going around and saying "they are making too much money".. My friend is an attorney and he charges 1,000$ just to write a single letter.

SWE is a high paying profession and rightly so because companies get to make millions off our backs.