There are coders that are worth 10x as much - but not many of them (and AFAIK that's born out by the fact that there are few coders that are paid more than £100k in salaried positions).
Most of the ones that are worth that much are worth a lot because they have domain knowledge, are maths geniuses, or something similar. They're the people that write languages for fun, or can produce incredibly complex models of things that are useful to people with lots of cash.
Google, MS, etc. pay a lot more than the average - but they demand the smartest people.
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Most of the ones that are worth that much are worth a lot because they have domain knowledge, are maths geniuses, or something similar. They're the people that write languages for fun, or can produce incredibly complex models of things that are useful to people with lots of cash.
Google, MS, etc. pay a lot more than the average - but they demand the smartest people.